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The Municipality of Chinhoyi has offered to discount 30 percent on all arrears owed by residents and ratepayers to encourage them to pay up, an official has said.
In an interview, council spokesperson Mr Tichaona Mlauzi said the local authority was owed $38,2 million of which $15,1 million was for estates accounts while $23,1 million was for rates, water and other services rendered by council. He said council has since introduced an arrears clearance promotion, which began on May 24 and will end on June 30. “We have previously been encouraging our stakeholders to pay the current bill and any amount of arrears owing. However, due to economic challenges, this time we have gone a step further by taking 30 percent off any amount paid towards clearing arrears,” he said.
Chinhoyi recently had its budget approved on condition that 30 percent of the budget goes towards service delivery.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter