There is clearly no hope left for the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging).
Rand Water’s latest attachment of the Municipality’s bank account is the final nail in the coffin for this administration.
Rand Water took this drastic step last week after Emfuleni failed to fully settle a debt of R300 million and only managed to pay R200 million.
The attachment has effectively cut off the Municipality’s cash flow and brought critical services to a standstill. Fire engines and refuse removal vehicles have run out of fuel, while desperate officials are paying out of pocket in an attempt to keep emergency vehicles operational.
This crisis is unfolding shortly after the Council approved an adjustment budget that is unfunded and, therefore, unlawful in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA).
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) repeatedly warned that such reckless financial decisions would drive service delivery over the edge of ruin, and now that prediction has become the harsh reality.
What is even more disturbing is the glaring contradictions in the so-called partnership with Rand Water. In November 2025, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) partnership was presented to the public as the breakthrough solution to stabilise Emfuleni’s water debt. However, that very same “partner” is now taking aggressive legal action to drain the Municipality’s last lifeblood.
If this partnership was genuinely intended to save Emfuleni, it raises serious questions:
- Was the SPV really a viable solution or merely a political smokescreen to mislead the public?
- Why is there no alignment between the proposed partnership and the current hostile debt collection?
In the Freedom Front Plus’s view, the entire situation smacks of gross maladministration and a total lack of transparency. The attachment will render Emfuleni utterly unable to pay salaries and compensate service providers.
The time for empty promises is over. The only way to secure Emfuleni’s survival is to oust the ANC from power.
As long as this administration remains in charge, the Municipality will be bankrupt, incompetent and without a future.
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