The Gauteng North High Court in Pretoria will today deliver judgment on the City of Tshwane’s application to attach the Madibeng Municipality’s bank account to settle the multimillion-rand water account debt.
Madibeng Municipality did not oppose Tshwane’s application.
Madibeng, North-West, owes Tshwane R258 million over the unpaid bulk water account.
In August 2021, the two municipalities entered into a payment arrangement in terms in which the former would settle their account in installments over a specific payment period, but they failed to honour their commitment.
At the time the agreement was entered into, Madibeng’s debt stood at R243 393 249.97 million. Tshwane was then forced to restrict the municipality’s water by 50%.
The City of Tshwane explained that it buys bulk water from Rand Water and provides it to, amongst others, Madibeng and other municipalities, and they are expected to pay their accounts at the end of each month.
The City said, “it has tried on numerous occasions to persuade Madibeng to do the right thing, but our efforts seem to have fallen on deaf ears”.
