National and provincial government departments owe some of the country’s struggling municipalities just over R9bn for services, co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has revealed.

Many municipalities in turn are struggling to service their own mounting debt obligations, notably to cash-strapped state power utility Eskom. ..

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