Salga revealed that debt owed to municipalities was at R165.5bn as at June 30 2019 - up from R143.2bn the previous year.
SA's municipalities are owed a total of R165.5bn as at June 30 2019 for services delivered. Households owe R118.6bn, or 71.7%, of that total.Municipalities should urgently and aggressively enforce credit control management measures to recover billions owed to them.
This was a resolution taken by the SA Local Government Association after its national executive committee meeting this week. It said the largest component of debt related to households, which accounted for 71.7% of the debt, or R118.6bn. The association said municipalities owed Eskom R25bn for electricity, and R14.9bn to various water boards.
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