Service delivery crumbles while municipalities are owed millions by the Gauteng Government
13 May 2021
Residents in Gauteng are bearing the brunt of the lack of service delivery due to monies not being paid to municipalities in the province. The DA is very concerned that service delivery has become virtually non-existent in a number of municipalities as the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) is not paying municipalities the money it owes.
The DA has learnt that the GPG owes municipalities in the province R402 022 039 for property rates and municipal services as at March 2021.
This information was revealed to me by the MEC for Finance, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko in a written reply to my questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL).
Life is already very hard for residents with some municipalities being subjected to load reduction by Eskom on a daily basis.