CoGTA MEC must probe KZN’s incorrect and unfair municipal billing systems
26 April 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) MEC, Sipho Hlomuka, calling on him to conduct an investigation into the scale of incorrect and unfair billing in the province.
The move comes after the DA ran a survey consisting of more than 770 respondents from across the province.
The assessment – which forms part of an ongoing probe by the DA into the state of local government in KZN – has identified billing as a key challenge, with most municipalities failing to provide an adequate and fair billing service to residents.
This finding is supported by DA councillors across the province who are inundated monthly with complaints about incorrect and unfair municipal bills.