By Lebone Rodah Mosima
ActionSA president and Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba has promised a full audit of the city’s finances within 100 days if elected, pitching his campaign as a rescue plan for a metro facing Treasury warnings, delayed financial statements and possible Eskom power cuts over unpaid debt.
Mashaba delivered his “Real State of the City Address” on Wednesday, hours before the official State of the City Address by mayor Dada Morero, saying Johannesburg was in visible decline after years of political instability, weak governance and collapsing services.
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Eskom said this week it had issued notice of its intention to reduce, interrupt or terminate supply to certain bulk supply points linked to the city and City Power after arrears reached R5.2 billion, excluding a further R1.58 billion current account due on 5 June.
Mashaba said the city’s crisis was already clear to
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