City Of Johannesburg has extended its debt rehabilitation programme
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The City of Johannesburg has extended its Debt Rehabilitation Programme from 1 March until 30 June 2022.
The relief measures were initially introduced in May 2021 and are designed to ease the financial burden on ratepayers amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The city said that the program aims to assist financially distressed ratepayers and defaulting customers to bring their arrears municipal accounts up to date.
“Successful applicants will receive a 50% immediate debt write-off,” the city said. The balance of the debt will be divided into thirds of which one third will be written-off each year for three years – the duration of the debt rehabilitation program.
“The debt remains written off provided the customer complies with all the conditions of the program. Residential customers, small businesses, faith-based organizations or places of worship (churches, mosques, synagogues, etc) and non-profit organisations (NGOs) are all eligible to apply.”
The relief measures were initially introduced in May 2021 and are designed to ease the financial burden on ratepayers amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The city said that the program aims to assist financially distressed ratepayers and defaulting customers to bring their arrears municipal accounts up to date.
“Successful applicants will receive a 50% immediate debt write-off,” the city said. The balance of the debt will be divided into thirds of which one third will be written-off each year for three years – the duration of the debt rehabilitation program.
“The debt remains written off provided the customer complies with all the conditions of the program. Residential customers, small businesses, faith-based organizations or places of worship (churches, mosques, synagogues, etc) and non-profit organisations (NGOs) are all eligible to apply.”
