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Damning revelations have come to light, exposing how the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality completely disregarded several payment agreements put in place to curb its spiralling Eskom debt.
Despite defaulting on the National Treasury Municipal Debt Relief Programme and then entering into an additional debt relief agreement, the municipality continued to ignore payments due to the parastatal, racking up an additional R111 million in debt while paying back just over R2 million.
In response to a question submitted in the Eastern Cape Legislature by DA MPL Heinrich Müller, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Zolile Williams revealed that…