The Rand West City Local Municipality (RWCLM) is overdue on an amount of R47 million for more than 60 days, said Ashor Sarupen, DA Gauteng spokesperson for Finance.
Ashor said a further R66 million have been overdue for more than 90 days. All of these are revealed in the RWCLM third quarter financial performance report.
“It is unclear if the municipality has made payment arrangements with Eskom but failure to pay their electricity bill on time does a disservice to residents who purchase their electricity from the municipality,” Ashor said.
Eskom has previously threatened to disconnect non-paying municipalities in an effort to recover outstanding money.
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“The DA will ask Gauteng Finance MEC, Barbara Creecy, and Cooperative Governance MEC Paul Mashatile why their interventions have not been successful and how, under their watch, some R113 million in fresh debt from RWCLM to Eskom has gone unpaid,” Ashor said.
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