FF Plus Tshwane says debt write-offs foster a culture of non-payment [SOUND]

# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane says it has always maintained that general debt write-offs foster a culture of non-payment. Despite the metro’s debt relief programme, residents’ outstanding debt increased by more than 700-million-rand in the previous financial year. FF Plus’ Mark Surgeon says, according to the fourth-quarter report by the Department of Finance, the total outstanding consumer debt now amounts to 18.3-billion-rand: