Kaunda laments unemployment's impact on city revenue
eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi
Kaunda has acknowledged that unemployment has had an impact on the city's
revenue collection.
He says there's an equal distribution of municipal services and resources even though many people aren't able to pay for them.
"Since people are unemployed in bigger numbers we are only collecting from 40% of residents. 60%, they are unable to pay for services, they are unable to pay for water, electricity, refuse collection, all these services that municipality is expected to render."
The mayor spoke during public consultations of the municipality's 2023/24 draft budget in Austerville on Thursday.
The total budget is R66 billion.
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"We need to devise a way of increasing revenue so that revenue will be shared among all citizens of eThekwini and make this city work," Kaunda said.
