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Dispute with National Treasury blamed for municipality's salary payment issues
The Mercury
|May 29, 2025
THE Impendle Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has blamed the failure to pay salaries to its employees on time on a financial dispute with the National Treasury.
It stated yesterday that its funds had been erroneously taken by the National Treasury and that had resulted in the municipality failing to pay workers' salaries and benefits in full and on time.
Approximately 100 employees have been affected by the payroll issue, but the municipality claimed yesterday that the matter has now been resolved with the National Treasury.
However, councillors have expressed concerns and said, based on meetings they had with the municipality's management, the municipality is in deep financial trouble. They allege that it has been borrowing monthly to pay wages and that this is the second time in as many months that there have been issues with salary payments.
However the council denied that it was borrowing monthly to pay wages. It also disputed claims that it is in dire financial straits, stating that this was a one-off problem as a result of the dispute with the National Treasury.
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