Despite increased funding, South Africa's municipalities face significant challenges in maintaining and developing essential infrastructure due to capacity issues, bureaucratic hurdles, and poor project management.
. Roads, electricity supply and water management are just three areas in which there is mounting evidence of collapse and decay. This is true for big cities like Johannesburg as well as small towns and rural areas.Responsibility for maintaining these essential services lies with South Africa 's 257 municipalities. Funding comes from two pots: central government allocation; and revenue raised locally through the delivery of services.
However, this hasn't stopped the grants being allocated to prolonged or abandoned projects. The result is that many municipalities have been using recurring budget allocations to rectify poor workmanship and abandoned projects.Where infrastructure has been built it is not well maintained. This is partly because politicians tend to prefer new infrastructure which comes with opportunities for ribbon cutting ceremonies.
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