DA Gauteng concerned about Merafong Municipality’s R3-billion debt to Rand Water and Eskom [SOUND]

# The DA in Gauteng has expressed concern at the Merafong City Local Municipality’s debt owed to Rand Water and Eskom, which has increased to three-billion-rand. Debt owed to Rand Water has more than doubled from 655-million-rand in June 2023 to over 1.4-billion-rand this month. Similarly, Eskom’s debt has ballooned from 858-million-rand in April 2024 to over 1.6-billion-rand this month. The DA’s Carl Steenekamp says the municipality has yet to take meaningful action to curb this escalating debt crisis: