âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 16:27 Fri, 12 Feb 2021
The cash-strapped local municipality of Kopanong, which includes Trompsburg in the Free State, is reportedly too poor - meaning it is technically insolvent - to pay for its services.
This is according to the Head of the Department: Cooperative Governance (Cogta), Mokete Duma.
He says this municipality is 100% reliant on the equitable share from the National Department of Treasury and the troubles besieging that municipality, forces it to use workersâ salaries, amongst others.
This comes as the municipality is finding it difficult to keep up with its debt owed to Bloem Water and third-party contributions, which run into millions of rands.