Policies

Writing Off of Irrecoverable Debt Policy

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To ensure that household consumers with no or lower income are not denied a reasonable service and that the Municipality is not financially burdened with non-payment of services, the Council of Mangaung Municipality approved a revised Indigent Policy.

However, the Council is faced with a significant amount of outstanding debt and the continuous defaulting by certain consumers who can afford to pay for services. To deal with this, the Council also approved a revised Credit Control and Debt Collection Policy.

Despite strict enforcement of the above policies, Council will continuously be confronted by circumstances requiring the possible write-off of irrecoverable debt.

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