The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has advised the Department of Water and Sanitation to make the necessary negotiations to cut off the equitable share funding to indebted municipalities. The suggestion was made during a meeting held in Cape Town on Wednesday, where the department, led by department’s Acting Director-General Sifiso Mkhize presented the second quarter performance to the committee. On water debt recovery, particularly with regards to the municipalities, the committee suggested that the department engages both the Cooperative Governance Department (COGTA) and National Treasury to ensure the equitable share of owing municipalities is withheld.
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