SEDIBENG. – The latest assessment report by the Gauteng Provincial Treasury confirms that the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) is still failing to fulfil its basic financial and governance obligations.
This was recently revealed to Sedibeng Ster by Gerda Senekal, FF Plus councillor in the ELM. Senekal said this is despite extraordinary government intervention and debt relief measures since June 2023.
“Compliance deteriorated further in the reported period (October to November 2025), from 78% to 76%, seriously jeopardising Emfuleni’s access to further Eskom debt deductions.”
Senekal said that some of Emfuleni’s major failures are:
Eskom debt and maladministration:
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