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Podcast: First Take SA
Episode: DA moves to block R10bn Johannesburg wage deal, warning of severe financial risks
Description: The Democratic Alliance has moved to urgently interdict what it describes as a R10 billion "politically facilitated agreement" between the City of Johannesburg and the South African Municipal Workers' Union. The dispute follows the recent adjustment budget, which the DA says exposes serious risks to Johannesburg's financial sustainability. At the centre of the controversy is a wage-related agreement that could cost more than the City's entire annual infrastructure budget. To discuss this further, Elvis Presslin spoke to Helen Zille, the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance and the DA's official mayoral candidate for JohannesburgÂ