JohannesburgThe city signed up to R5 billion in wage commitments.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said Johannesburg owed creditors R25.2 billion against R3.9 billion in cash in 2024/25.
The addendum speeds a R10.3 billion settlement for 35,000 municipal workers, and the city has not said where funds come from.
Johannesburg Crisis Alliance coordinator Yunus Chamda said, “Workers have a right to receive what is lawfully due to them.”
Godongwana told the city in April to halt the salary agreement, and it is unclear whether he withdrew that.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick leans critical
- argues the 5pm deal is unaffordable for the city and reads it as pre-election ANC electioneering, citing JoburgCAN's warning to the incoming administration
Sources: Daily Maverick