Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality faces uncertain future

Although there have been numerous interventions from the government, including infrastructure investments, continuing poor council leadership and financial irregularities have threatened to collapse the Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality in the Free State. Incorporating the towns of Qwaqwa, Harrismith and Kestel, last year, the municipality was facing bankruptcy with a deficit of over one Billion Rands, and has been flagged as one of the country's most poorly performing municipalities. To unpack the challenges and interventions being made by the Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality, we are joined in the studio by the Executive Mayor, Tumelo Thebe.

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