Out of Gauteng’s 11 municipalities, Ekurhuleni is the only one considered to be stable.
This was revealed by cooperative governance and traditional affairs MEC Lebohang Maile during a briefing on the state of municipalities in the province.
municipalities are at risk and require very close monitoring and support – [which are] Tshwane, Johannesburg, Mogale, Rand West, Lesedi, West Rand and Sedibeng. Two municipalities [Emfuleni and Merafong] are dysfunctional and also in financial distress,” he said.Maile revealed that as Cogta officials attempted to turn things around in the distressed municipalities, his officials were not always well-received.
Touching on governance issues, he said that only three municipalities had permanent municipal managers, with the rest being vacant. Government departments also owed municipalities R449m in unpaid rates and services.he fully supported municipalities’ efforts in debt collection provided they had fully functional billing system and were not billing on estimates.
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