The number of municipalities in financial distress increased from 95 to 128 in the last year.
In a briefing document on the ANC's 2019 manifesto released on Sunday, the party admits that its plan for development at a municipal level is not fiscally sustainable, with a high degree of stress being placed on the local government financial system.
The party blames this partly on the operating costs associated with infrastructure and the inability of municipalities to collect revenue. In the last year, the number of municipalities in financial distress increased from 95 to 128. There are 64 municipalities with negative cash balances and 136 with cash coverage of less than one month."The inability of households to pay service charges, combined with the inability of municipalities to collect own revenues, has resulted in 115 municipalities reporting growth in debtors of more than 20%.
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