Budget Analysis

Buffalo City Metro’s 2023/24 draft budget is out for comment. Residents from 10 informal settlements and sections tell us what they want to see in the final budget.

The City of Johannesburg’s 2023/24 draft budget is out for comment. Residents from 58 informal settlements tell us what they want to see in the final budget.

Click below to view submissions to the different municipalities:

Many residents in Knysna and Stellenbosch informal settlements remain without access to water, sanitation or refuse removal and these services are not fixed when they break. Asivikelane asks these municipalities to set aside enough money in their upcoming budgets for basic services and for repairs and maintenance of communal taps and toilets.

Many informal settlement residents do not have access to water, sanitation or refuse removal and these services are not fixed when they break. Asivikelane asks metros to set aside enough money in their upcoming budgets for basic services and for repairs and maintenance of communal taps and toilets.

Asivikelane reports a positive response to informal settlement residents’ budget submissions in most metros. Increased budget allocations have resulted in improved service delivery in some metros, while metros that reduced allocations have seen a sharp decline.

Informal settlement residents look at draft budgets from all 8 metros and tell us what changes they want to see.

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Asivikelane reports that metros are improving informal settlement services on a much larger scale than before. Especially in metros where officials are communicating with informal settlement residents. Residents are also doing all they can to participate in metro budget hearings.