Emfuleni Municipality fails to pay September salaries

VANDERBIJLPARK - Emfuleni Local Municipality is facing a heightened financial crisis after Eskom attached four bank accounts.

The municipality owes over R8 billion for electricity supply.

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This is roughly 10% of the total debt the country's municipalities owe to Eskom.

The attachments of Emfuleni's bank accounts led municipal employees to go without a salary at the end of September.

Emfuleni municipality spokesperson, Makhosonke Sangweni spoke to eNCA.