Minister Patricia De Lille: Update on money owed to municipalities
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) at all times strives to stay up to date with its payments to municipalities who provide services to government buildings.
Currently, in terms of payments to municipalities which provide municipal services and property rates, out of the total of 257 municipalities, the Department received age analysis reports from 210 municipalities where services are rendered.
As at 31 July 2022, DPWI had engaged municipalities which resulted in verification and confirmed amount of R 83 319 809 being owed to municipalities for municipal services rendered and property rates. The Department is waiting for municipalities to provide invoices and payments will be processed as soon as invoices are received.
An amount of R170 146 279.32 as at 31 July 2022 is under investigation as DPWI is in the process of performing reconciliation with the municipalities to ensure correct payment.
An amount of around R67.2million has been billed as an annual invoice which the Department pays programmatically on a monthly basis. The Department does not pay in advance.