# AfriForum says privatising municipal debt collection is essential to safeguard water security and service delivery. According to AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk, municipal debt to water boards exceeds 25.1-billion-rand nationally, with Free State debts reaching 36.5-billion-rand. De Klerk warns continued poor financial management could trigger nationwide water outages within three months. He calls for private initiatives to enforce payments and urges water boards to curb wasteful spending threatening communities rights to water:
AfriForum urges privatisation of municipal debt collection to protect water security [SOUND]
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