Madibeng finally appoints municipal manager
After more than five years, the Madibeng Local Municipality eventually appointed a municipal manager.
After more than five years, the Madibeng Local Municipality eventually appointed a municipal manager.
While residents fear a blackout in Hartbeespoort due to Madibeng Municipality’s failure to pay its outstanding debt of R129 million to the City of Tshwane, the Madibeng Council heard this week that the municipality owes its creditors over R1.3 billion.
The Madibeng Municipality has a week to settle its R129 million City of Tshwane debt before the lights are switched off in Hartbeespoort.
Hartbeespoort residents are waiting with bated breath to see if the City of Tshwane (CoT) will cut the electricity supply to Hartbeespoort following its refusal last week to accept the Madibeng Municipality's proposal to pay off its R129 million arrears debt.
The Madibeng Municipality said this week that all prepaid meters should be compliant and ready for the TID rollover this Sunday, 24 November.
The City of Tshwane confirmed on Thursday that the electricity supply to Hartbeespoort will be disconnected if the Madibeng Municipality does not cough up R129 million.
The construction of a Vodacom tower on top of the Randwater main line and a valve at Sediba Plaza is seriously compromising Madibeng Municipality's attempts to address water problems in the area.
Madibeng is one of several municipalities in the North West that cumulatively owe water boards over R2 billion.
With the deadline for replacing prepaid electricity meters looming next month, residents in the Madibeng municipal area are getting panicky because their meters have not been replaced yet.
Madibeng Municipality has been classified as a "distressed", or dysfunctional, municipality according to a recent parliamentary response by Velenkosini Hlabisa, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA).