Rand Water cuts supply to Emfuleni after council fails to pay for water
The bankruptcy of the Emfuleni local municipality has led to Rand Water shutting down the water supply in various areas because the municipality has paid only R164m of its R485m historical debt with the water supplier. Emfuleni‚ which is in Gauteng’s Sedibeng district‚ has failed to pay a two-year historical debt owed to Rand Water in full, paying only R147m on December 11‚ instead of R200m; and paying an additional R17m on Monday through the intervention of Gauteng premier David Makhura‚ the municipality’s mayor claimed. “I don’t think we have sufficient money to sustain the account due to a number of factors. One, we are losing too much water because of the aging infrastructure and leaks. Two‚ we have many people who are not paying for water and we have to sort that out, and with the little money that we have‚ we should have [the] discipline to prioritise, which is something we were not doing [but] need to [start] focusing on‚” Jacob Khawe‚ Emfuleni mayor told TimesLIVE. His remar...
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