{"id":140065,"date":"2019-06-26T08:32:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T06:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/r31m-this-is-how-much-durban-ratepayers-will-pay-to-host-local-government-congress\/"},"modified":"2019-06-26T08:32:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T06:32:18","slug":"r31m-this-is-how-much-durban-ratepayers-will-pay-to-host-local-government-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/r31m-this-is-how-much-durban-ratepayers-will-pay-to-host-local-government-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"R31m! This is how much Durban ratepayers will pay to host Local Government Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2019\/06\/26\/R31m_This_is_how_much_Durban_ratepayers_will_pay_to_host_Loc\/\">R31m! This is how much Durban ratepayers will pay to host Local Government Congress<\/a>: Durban &#8211; The eThekwini municipality wants to increase its budget to host the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) Congress to R31.7million. 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