The following information was received from the Provincial Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements, and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) in Limpopo.
a) and b)
(i) Bela-Bela Local Municipality is owed by the following departments:
Departments |
Amount |
Payment received in March 2017 |
National Public Works |
R202,130.42 |
R0.00 |
Provincial Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure |
0.00 |
R0.00 |
Agriculture |
R14,206.00 |
R0.00 |
Education |
R1,463,428.37 |
R500 000.00 |
Rural Development and Land Reform |
R0.00 |
R0.00 |
TOTAL: |
R1 679 764.79 |
R500 000.00 |
c) The above amounts are owed since 2011.
d) The reason for non-payment is that there are government properties that are built on communal land and some properties are not registered.
e) In the last Debt Verification session held with Bela-Bela Local Municipality, the Departments owing indicated that they will pay some of the outstanding debt by 31 March 2017. Only the Department of Education honoured the commitment to pay and an amount of R500 000.00 was paid by 31 March 2017.
The National Department of Co-operative Governance (DCoG) was able to collect information from the following local municipalities:
a) and b)
(ii) Lephalale Local Municipality is owed the amounts reflected below by the following departments:
c) The above amounts have been owed for more than 150 days.
d) The municipality has not provided the reasons for non-payment.
e) Information regarding when the amounts will be paid has not been submitted.
a) and b)
(iii) Lim 368 (i.e. Modimolle and Mookgophong LMs) is owed by the following departments (see table below):
c) The above amounts have been owed for more than a year (1yr).
d) The municipality has not provided any reasons for non-payment.
e) Information regarding when the amounts will be paid has not been submitted.
a) and b)
(iv) Thabazimbi LM is owed by the following departments:
c) Some of the amounts have been outstanding since March 2008.
d) The municipality has not provided the reasons for non-payment.
e) Information regarding when the amounts will be paid has not been submitted.