Tshwane continues default campaign, eyes complexes, estates
The City of Tshwane will be gunning for complexes and estates in an attempt to recuperate money owed to them.
This initiative will form part of the city's campaign for defaulting customers who have not been paying utility services.
Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba says residential customers are up next.
"Monday we will resume this exercise. From next week are focusing on residential customers, be they the ones in estates, complexes, townships and suburbs."
The city launched a campaign this week which would see many businesses across the city having their water and lights being disconnected following years of non-payment.
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Defaulting customers owe the city over R17 billion with businesses and government departments making up the majority of the debt.
Bokaba says the city has had to print over 800 job cards of accounts that are in arrears.
"This week alone we have printed 818 job cards. Those ones are accounts that are in arrears and we are going to serve on defaulting customers. But we are hoping that come this weekend we will be able to look at how much money is coming in."
Although the City has not managed to quantify how much money has been paid into their accounts by defaulting customers, Bokaba says the municipality will quantify all figures this weekend.
"But we are hoping that come this weekend we will be able to look at how much money is coming in."
