Question NW3107 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

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15 December 2017 - NW3107

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Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

(1)Whether any municipalities have been late in paying (a) councillor salaries and/or (b) municipal staff salaries from 1 October 2016 to date; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, (i) which municipality and (ii) what was the reason for the late payment; (2) whether all outstanding amounts have now been paid; if not, what measures has each respective municipality put in place to ensure that the situation does not re-occur?

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The Department has however, engaged the Provincial Departments responsible for Local Government to request the relevant information from municipality. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is received.

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