Municipal finances in crisis: Johannesburg and Cape Town in historical comparison
The City of Johannesburg is widely regarded as being in crisis, requiring a Presidential intervention in early 2025 to address the poor state of its governance, finances and service delivery. However, while the symptoms of a crisis are plainly visible, its precise contours and its underlying causes and dynamics need to be defined more precisely if there is to be an adequate response. This interactive visualisation deepens understanding of the crisis by comparing the City’s finances to those of the City of Cape Town for the 17 year period 2008/09–2025/26
Date of publication:
December 2025
