/ 9 November 2022

Water boards battle to pay suppliers because municipalities don’t pay the boards

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Increasing value-added tax shifts the weight of systemic dysfunction to households already buckling under the pressure of inflation and economic exclusion. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Sedibeng Water took almost five years to pay its creditors, Lepelle Northern Water took over a year, Amatola Water took 283 days and Mhlathuze Water 160 days

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