Promises · Wednesday, 28 May 2025 · Budget Speech

Reopen the Johannesburg City Library.

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Overdue by 431 daysMargaret Arnolds · MMC for Finance
Official record: JDA Q2 2025/26 report (AI-matched)
01:21:3628 May 2025· by August 2025· R28 million· Report an error
Latest: Raised again at a later sitting, 29 May 2025 (AI judgment)
Deadline: 31 August 2025. How it was read: end of month stated (AI reading, not checked by hand).
Evidence: quote · 1 later sitting · official record (2)
“28 million is allocated to the Johannesburg City Library”
- Raised againBudget debate: COPE (Mokome) on sport, arts and culture · 29 May 2025
- Official record JDA Q2 2025/26 report, p.67: “Stage 6: Close Out” · Stage 6: Close Out · R 28 000 000.00 (2025/26)October to December 2025; online since Wednesday, 4 March 2026. AI-matched, not yet checked by a person.
- Official record JDA Q2 2025/26 report, p.68: “Only activity outstanding is the” · Only activity outstanding is the erection of the art screen wall around the fire water tanksOctober to December 2025; online since Wednesday, 4 March 2026. AI-matched, not yet checked by a person.

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