Joburg council · Thursday, 29 May 2025 · 8 h 6 min

Budget Speech

Council approved the 2025/26-2027/28 medium-term budget (Item 3, with 3A to 3F) by 144 votes to 104, with no abstentions, after a division by show of hands; the DA and FF Plus recorded dissent. The special adjustment of the 2024/25 operating and capital budgets after the national grant review passed 144 to 101, again with DA and FF Plus dissent noted. The 2025/26 IDP review and business plans were agreed without a formal count, and the 2025-26 Institutional SDBIP was noted, with DA dissent and FF Plus concern recorded.

61 chapters · 19 promises · 11 decisions

AI draft summary (claude-opus-5-5) of the City's livestream, checked against the chapters, not yet reviewed by a person.