Lessons for scheme executives.
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In mid-February this year, the City of Tshwane caused a big stir with their highly-publicised #TshwaneYaTima campaign, which was rolled out via Twitter. This contentious, yet very effective, initiative named and shamed big entities - such as PRASA, SuperSpar, and ODI - whose service payments were, in some cases, up to R55 million in arrears.
Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams was escorted by members of the Tshwane Metro Police Department when he led plumbers and electricians to the offices of the properties in question to disconnect the meters at these facilities. This also included an affluent estate in Pretoria North, which owed the city R25 million.
The City of Tshwane says it has managed to recoup more than R700 million since they embarked on their large-scale revenue collection imitative last month and took the serious step of cutting services for major defaulters.
This was necessary to address the almost R180 billion revenue shortfall that had resulted due to non-payment of services by residents, businesses, as well as government entities.
City of Tshwane acting chief of staff Jordan Griffiths was this week quoted as saying that the campaign had so far exceeded their expectations by garnering over R700 million in outstanding revenue. This is going a long way to bolstering the coffers of the city, which was facing dire financial problems when the coalition-led government took over.
Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams was escorted by members of the Tshwane Metro Police Department when he led plumbers and electricians to the offices of the properties in question to disconnect the meters at these facilities. This also included an affluent estate in Pretoria North, which owed the city R25 million.
The City of Tshwane says it has managed to recoup more than R700 million since they embarked on their large-scale revenue collection imitative last month and took the serious step of cutting services for major defaulters.
This was necessary to address the almost R180 billion revenue shortfall that had resulted due to non-payment of services by residents, businesses, as well as government entities.
City of Tshwane acting chief of staff Jordan Griffiths was this week quoted as saying that the campaign had so far exceeded their expectations by garnering over R700 million in outstanding revenue. This is going a long way to bolstering the coffers of the city, which was facing dire financial problems when the coalition-led government took over.
