The embattled City of Johannesburg municipality owes the SA Revenue Service (Sars) more than R15m after it failed to correctly deduct and withhold employee tax on gratuity payments to former staff between 2014 and 2017.

This was contained in an audit report submitted to the city and Gauteng provincial legislature by the auditor-general (AG). The contents of the report were meant to be debated in last week's council meeting but the matter took a back seat because of the motion of no confidence against former mayor Mpho Phalatse.  ..