The question is elicited by the Honoruable Member’s take that there is a “proposed National Treasury plan to ring-fence municipal grants meant for indigent households for use in the payment of debt by dysfunctional municipalities” of which the Department of Cooperative Governance is not privy of. Given that the “plan” is attributed to the National Treasury which also issued MFMA Circular No. 124 (on Municipal Debt Relief), it is therefore recommended that the question be redirected to Ministry of Finance for the National Treasury to provide a response accordingly.
I thank you.