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Voting for Joburg: A city budget built on assumptions

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Johannesburg has a municipal budget running into tens of billions of rand.

So why are our roads crumbling, our water systems failing and residents increasingly being forced to provide basic services themselves?

With local government elections just weeks away, questions are mounting about how the city spends our money — and whether it can actually afford everything it's promised to deliver.

HOT1027's Tara Penny has more …
22 Oct English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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