At this point, please allow me to thank the Deputy President for availing himself to answer questions in the NCOP. [Applause.]
The Council adjourned at 16:35. ----------------------- begun struggling to meet their own payment obligations.
remains a major challenge for municipalities to provide the required
Part of the challenge that we must confront as a nation is a culture
of nonpayment, especially with regard to consumer debt. We therefore
want to take this opportunity to call on all our South African
people, particularly those who are earning an income, to play their
part in ensuring that they pay for services that they consume so
that we can lessen the burden that is faced by our municipalities. I
hope that hon members sitting here are paying their debts to our
We must engender a culture of paying for services that have been
rendered or services that have been consumed. It's a good culture
that we must teach ourselves. Pay for a service that you have
consumed, especially from public entities like Eskom. It's not only
because of its own fault that Eskom is struggling, but we are partly
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