Even amid the persistent water crisis in some parts of the country, South African municipalities returned R1bn in unused Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grants RBIG to the National Treasury over the last five years.
The minister of finance Enoch Godongwana gave this figure in response to a parliamentary question by ActionSA MP Malebo Kobe.
Kobe wanted to find out what was the total amount of the grant funding that was returned to the National Revenue Fund by all municipalities in each financial year in the past five financial years.
