The SA Local Government Association (Salga) plans to put in place a two-phased approach to address  consumer debt to municipalities.

As of end-June 2019 municipalities were owed R165.5bn by consumers, up from R143.2bn in the 2018 financial year, Salga president Thembi Nkadimeng told a media briefing on Thursday after the organisation’s national executive committee meeting in Johannesburg...

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