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Sunday Independent reports that the situation at cash-strapped Emfuleni Municipality, headquartered in Vanderbijlpark, has gone from bad to worse as the employees have not received their salaries for September.
This was after Eskom recently attached the municipality’s four bank accounts due to an outstanding electricity debt of R8 billion. The employees confirmed on Friday that they had failed to receive their salaries for this month and they also claimed that they were told that the mayor had no plan to resolve the situation. According to the municipal manager, April Ntuli, the situation will remain unchanged until the matter is resolved in court. Emfuleni spokesperson Makhosonke Sangweni said a draft agency agreement had been submitted to Eskom for consideration, but they were still dealing with material differences around certain clauses. He confirmed that the municipality was still awaiting judgment by the Pretoria High Court. Emfuleni has been in a financial crisis since 2018 when it was placed under provincial administration. Nico de Jager, DA member of the Gauteng Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) committee, said despite the provincial Cogta taking over the administration of Emfuleni in 2018, there had been little to no improvement in the municipality’s financial management and service delivery. De Jager commented: “This action by Eskom will undoubtedly lead to a complete collapse of service delivery in Emfuleni … The municipality’s inability to access its funds will also jeopardise the payment of salaries to municipal staff, potentially leading to strikes and further deterioration of services.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Manyane Manyane at Sunday Independent
- Lees ook, Emfuleni-werker kry meer as R100,000 vir verlof, by Maroela Media
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