ALSO READ: Free State municipality fails to pay workers yet again

However, the mayor of the local municipality, Dimakatso Modise, tells OFM News that the cash flow problem has led to the non-payment of workers. She says among other issues troubling the municipality is the revenue collection, as services rendered by the local municipality are not paid for. Modise says as things stand, the municipality is zooming in on its own financial status.

"As you know, the Auditor-General(AG) raised the maladministration in our municipality previously, hence we failed to submit the annual financial statement," Dimakatso adds.

In June this year, another ailing Free State municipality, Masilonyana, gave its employees R1000 food vouchers following the non-payment of salaries.

ALSO READ: FS municipality offering food vouchers to unpaid workers

Modise was speaking at an event held in Winnie Mandela, formerly known as Brandfort, where the Deputy Minister (DM) of  Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Maggy Sotyu, gifted the ailing Municipality a single waste pickup truck worth R3 million.

The municipality earlier appeared before the National Council Of Provinces (NCOP) sitting held at Free State Legislature in Bloemfontein over its failed and decaying infrastructure.

ALSO READ: Ailing Free State municipalities appear before NCOP

OFM News previously reported that the MEC for Treasury, Gadija Brown said the cash-strapped Free State municipalities, who often failed to pay the salaries of employees, will not be receiving bailouts from the provincial government anymore.

She said all provincial departments have reached a directive from the National Treasury that municipalities would not be bailed out anymore. Brown instead, said these municipalities have been encouraged to stimulate and enhance their revenue collection campaign to ensure that workers and services are paid.

ALSO READ: No more bailouts for broke Free State municipalities - Treasury

Eleven municipalities, including the Trompsburg-based Kopanong Local Municipality, had approached Cooperative Governance and Treasury for a bailout after failing to pay salaries due to cash flow issues, which were said to be linked to the low revenue collection.

ALSO READ: Eleven Free State municipalities beg for bailout

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