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Treasury halts free funerals for councillors

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TOP officials of the country’s 257 municipalities have been warned to stop using ratepayers’ money to bankroll councillors’ funerals or face the wrath of Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke.

The National Treasury has informed municipal managers and chief financial officers (CFOs) that they would be held responsible should the practice continue, after two prior notices that such expenditure would be deemed irregular and

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