Dlamini-Zuma says stable municipalities increased to 30
Thirty out of the country’s 278 municipalities in the country are considered stable, according to Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
This is a slight increase from the previous financial year.
Dlamini-Zuma and acting Treasury director-general Ismail Momoniat briefed the National Council of Provinces on “measures to mitigate against fiscal leakages and their impact on service delivery”.
“The number of stable municipalities has increased,” Dlamini-Zuma told MPs.
“Not a lot, but from 16 to 30 in the previous year. And that improvement has been recorded mainly from KZN which has seen ten more municipalities that have been stable. I won’t waste time mentioning which they are.”
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Dlamini-Zuma said the non-payment of services by residents contributed to fiscal leakages.
She says residents owe the government at least R120 billion.
“The biggest part of this has been a culture of non-payment which has seen ratepayers owing municipalities over R120 billion, which the billing inaccuracies are a major contributor. The most affected are the more rural provinces on account of them not having the right quantity and kinds of technical capacity as well as having the capability and affording rate payers space to consistently collect the requisite revenues to ensure consistent service delivery.”
