SA's municipalities are owed a total of R165.5bn as at June 30 2019 for services delivered. Households owe R118.6bn, or 71.7%, of that total.
This was a resolution taken by the SA Local Government Association after its national executive committee meeting this week. It said the largest component of debt related to households, which accounted for 71.7% of the debt, or R118.6bn. The association said municipalities owed Eskom R25bn for electricity, and R14.9bn to various water boards.
So that they can just mismanage it again
SAIC raised R363bn in 1 day
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