R700 million is lost due to water leaks and improper billing in ELM
"This municipality struggles to pay its bulk service providers on time."
SEDIBENG. – The Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) incurred water losses to the value of R693 454 263, 27 for the 2021/2022 financial year.
This information was revealed by the Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Mzi Khumalo, to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) regarding the amount of water lost by the ELM.
The DA said that the almost R700 million loss indicates ELM’s incompetence in failing to timeously fix water leaks resulting in huge water losses.
DA Constituency Head in Emfuleni North, Kingsol Chabalala said that according to MEC Khumalo, the ELM has a high vacancy rate of 53% which contributes to poor service delivery and water leaks not being attended to.
