Gauteng Finance MEC warns Emfuleni is on a brink of a service delivery collapse

VANDERBIJLPARK - Gauteng MEC of Finance and Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, has warned that the Emfuleni Municipality faces a service delivery collapse. This comes as the sheriff of the court successfully attached the municipality’s four bank accounts earlier this month, to ensure that the money collected for electricity was paid directly to Eskom. Emfuleni owes the power utility R8-billion. This represents about 10% of the total R82-billion owed by municipalities. Maile says this situation is concerning.