CITY CONFIRMS R91 MILLION IN PAYMENTS FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS GOVERNMENT DEBT RESOLUTION PROGRESSES

Lindela Mashigo City of Tshwane Spokesperon

By Lindela Mashigo
City of Tshwane Spokesperon

The City of Tshwane welcomes confirmation it received this morning that the National Department of Public Works has processed payments totalling R91 million in respect of municipal accounts in arrears.

These payments relate to a range of government properties, including some sites visited by city officials in recent weeks as part of credit control and verification processes under the
Tshwane Ya Tima initiative.

The city appreciates the engagement with the Department of Public Works to address these matters and views this as a constructive step towards resolving long-outstanding municipal accounts and strengthening intergovernmental cooperation.

The city is currently owed in excess of R1.9 billion by various national and provincial departments.

This places significant financial strain on the municipality and directly affects its ability to sustain service delivery.

For this reason, the city applies its credit control and debt-management processes consistently and with the same level of rigour across all account holders, including government institutions.

The city will update its records once the payments have been fully received and reconciled.

Tshwane remains committed to working collaboratively with government departments to resolve outstanding accounts responsibly and in the interest of sustainable service delivery.