The CityofJoburgZA has agreed to the waiving of penalty interest charges on defaulting municipal accounts between April and June. TheStar_news
The city has agreed to the waiving of penalty interest charges on defaulting municipal accounts between April and June, with the relaxation of credit control measures during the lockdown period, meaning there is a temporary hold-off on the cutting of services.
This meant there was no need for ESP beneficiaries and residential property owners to visit the city’s customer centres to apply or qualify for the additional rates relief as this would be automatically applied on their records and accounts, respectively.“We could not interfere with this because it is a discussion for labour unions and South African Local Government Association,” Matongo said.
The credit relief measures, said Matongo, were putting more than R400million back into the pockets of the city’s property owners. Matongo said the finance department had welcomed the comments and input from the councillors and that efforts were already under way, including the introduction of region-based email addresses.
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