Pietermaritzburg’s Msunduzi Local Municipality owes creditors almost R2 billion. (Google© Streetview / Google Maps)
The beleaguered ANC-administered Msunduzi Local Municipality’s debt to Eskom and uMngeni-uThukela Water, among other creditors, has skyrocketed to a staggering R1.9 billion.
Though the municipality wants to keep the figures under wraps, News24 can reveal the figure contained in a report compiled by the provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ ministerial representative, Martin Sithole, is at R1.9 billion.
The municipality is under administration.
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