Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has urged water boards to attach the bank accounts of 39 defaulting municipalities to enforce a "change in behaviour". In a letter addressed to cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, dated June 30, Godongwana raised concerns over the persistent failure by the municipalities to pay water boards and third-party entities such as pension funds, medical aids, the SA Revenue Service and the auditor-general.
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