The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs are committed to helping turn around the fortunes of numerous struggling municipalities.
41 municipalities in the country are currently under administration, with many of them repeat offenders
One of the big issues facing municipalities lately is the soaring debt owed to service providers. CoGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa recently announced that 18 municipalities in the country owe big sums of money toThe municipality could not afford to pay its employees for September after Eskom claimed the monies owed to it. The power utility took the municipality to have aEskom was able to recoup some of the debt, while Emfuleni was left without any funds available for staff salaries.
KwaZulu-Natal and North West are the two provinces that have the most municipalities needing provincial intervention, with 10 and eight, respectively.
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