The Western Cape Local Government Department says all municipalities in the province have fully paid their outstanding water debts.
Water Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has appealed to nearly 30 municipalities across the country to settle their debts totalling more than R10 billion by the 8th of December or face water cuts.
“Based on the list of defaulting municipalities as identified by the Department of Water and Sanitation not one of those municipalities listed is defaulting is in the Western Cape. We do also understand that most of the debt that’s being spoken about at the moment related to water boards. In the Western Cape we only have one water board in Overberg and they are up to date. So that means there no outstanding debt to our water board either,” says Provincial department spokesperson, James-Brent Styan
