Time for Northern Cape debt to be resolved
17 October 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Northern Cape remains deeply concerned by revelations that the Northern Cape is the second biggest offender in respect of outstanding debt owed to municipalities.
This comes after a reply to a parliamentary question by DA MP Patricia Kopane revealed that the Northern Cape owes R575 million to municipalities. This is second to only the Free State, that has a debt of R629 million.
Last year the Northern Cape was classified as the third highest, clearly demonstrating that the province is losing the fight and moving up in the ranks of outstanding debt owed to local government.
For a number of years already, the DA has been calling on the Northern Cape Department of Roads and Public Works to resolve the outstanding debt, to no avail.