Treasury opposes bid to prevent municipalities from receiving direct payments
05 September 2021 - 18:01
The National Treasury says preventing municipalities from directly receiving payment for services such as water and electricity will be unconstitutional.
“Ordering this arrangement will undermine the municipalities’ constitutional and statutory obligations to people living in their territories,” Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane said in court papers filed last week, in response to an application by business lobby group Sakeliga...
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