Debt and municipalities go hand in hand under ANC rule | The Citizen

A communal tap in Pretoria. That Madibeng owes R258 million indicates that Tshwane has been carrying Madibeng for a long time. Photo: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Thulani Mbele

The dependence of the ANC municipality on its DA-led counterpart was initially seen as cooperative governance in practice. This lasted until the smaller neighbour began to renege on a payment undertaking to Tshwane for its bulk water supply debt, amounting to R258 million. The payment or nonpayment of debt by a municipality depends on the competence of leadership running the municipality. In most cases, the senior management are hired without the competence to do the job.

For a number of years, the municipality in Brits had been run by acting municipal managers. As late as last week, there was still an argument about hiring a permanent municipal manager for Madibeng, which is notorious for political infighting and lack of service delivery.

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