The Gauteng department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs Cogta has been allocated a budget of R680.5m for the 2026/27 financial year, with the biggest slice of R295.9m directed at fixing the embattled local government.
Tabling the departments budget vote at the Gauteng provincial legislature in Johannesburg on Thursday, MEC Jacob Mamabolo said the R680.5m budget forms part of the medium-term expenditure framework allocation of R1.9bn over the next three years.
The budget vote comes as auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke on Wednesday slammed the poor state of local government, revealing in the local government audit outcomes for 2024/25 financial year that none of the countrys eight metros received a clean audit during the period under review. Of Gautengs 11 municipalities, only the Midvaal and West Rand councils received clean audits.
