DURBAN - South Africa’s local municipalities are in trouble and the numbers are staggering.
The South African Local Government Association is sounding the alarm over ballooning municipal debt in KwaZulu-Natal, which has now surpassed R61 billion.
With households, businesses, and even government departments failing to pay up, the very foundation of service delivery is under threat.
Municipalities are being forced to borrow just to stay afloat a warning sign SALGA says cannot be ignored.
Lerato Phasha from SALGA’s Municipal Finance division discussed this with eNCA.