Local Government, Environ-mental Affairs and Development Planning
1. What are the amounts owed by each municipality in the province to (a) water boards or the Department of Water and Sanitation and (b) SARS;
2. whether each municipality has payment agreements for each of the amounts owed in (1); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
3. which municipalities, if any, are facing litigation as the result of the non-payment of these debts;
4. whether criminal charges have been brought against any municipality for any such non-payment of debts; if so, what is the value of the litigation (contingencies) faced by each municipality for the non-payment of these debts?
2(1) Out of 30 municipalities in the Province, only one (1) municipality owing: a) the Department of Water and Sanitation or/and Water board and b) SARS
Municipality | Water boards or DWS | SARS |
Kannaland | R61 021.26 | NIL |
In addition, the Department of Water and Sanitation indicated at a Joint MINMEC meeting with Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation facilitated by COGTA on 5 November 2020, that an amount if R1 789 000 is due to the Overberg Water Board in the Western Cape Province. This is the current balance within the 30-day payment category.
(2) Discussions between Kannaland Municipality and the Calitzdorp Irrigation Board are underway.
(3) None of the Municipalities are facing litigation due to non-payment of these debts.
(4) None of the Municipalities have had criminal charges brought against them.
