Complaint > Phase 1B of Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1st Request

Eligibility: 12-Eligibility Report (English)

...cash and investments to meet one month's personnel bill): Johannesburg, Pretoria, Alberton, Brakpan, Randfontein, Bronkhorstpruit, Walkerville and Vereeniging Koponong. 2.11 Implications for low-income residents. The direct consequence of rising indebtedness has been intensified municipal "credit control" against those households who can not afford to pay for increasingly costly water. Rand Water price increases announced in February 1998 - which were more than 50% above the inflation rate, beca...