2 August 2012 | Press Releases
Gareth Morgan, Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs
Many municipalities in South Africa are compromising the operation of water boards. A reply to a DA parliamentary question has revealed that, as of 30 April this year, the total debt owed by municipalities to water boards is R2.26 billion, R1.4 billion of which is debt in arrears. This total debt in arrears has grown from R525m in 31 July 2009, when the DA first started monitoring these figures. As has been the trend for some time now, the majority of debt in arrears is owed to 3 water boards – Bushbuckridge, Lepelle Northern and Sedibeng, with more than a third of all debt in arrears owed to Sedibeng Water Board.
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