Government Pilots New Plan To Help Struggling Municipalities Collect Revenue

Deputy President David Mabuza says government is piloting a new plan that has been designed to help struggling municipalities collect revenue due to them.

The Deputy President was fielding oral questions in the National Assembly Thursday.

ANC MP Dikeledi Direko had asked him to unpack what mechanisms are in place to improve municipal revenue collection plans.

“As part of the package of integrated support to improve the performance of municipalities, the national and provincial departments of CoGTA [Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs], National Treasury [and] provincial treasuries are supporting municipalities in the area of revenue collection to ensure that that municipalities are able to meet their service delivery obligation.“

“I am advised that to date, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has piloted and simplified a revenue plan in 42 selected municipalities, which is aimed at enhancing the municipal revenue management and debt collection systems in local