Kwekwe City Council has decided to take legal action against defaulting ratepayers to recover $45 million.
Addressing a full council meeting, Kwekwe treasurer Mrs Rejoice Maweni said council has since served defaulting ratepayers with letters of demand. Said Maweni:
We have issued final demand letters to the defaulters. In the meantime, we are preparing a list of the defaulters which we are going to hand over to our lawyers. We exhausted all other means to try and convince the defaulters to pay. We were then left with one option, taking the legal route.
However, Alex Homela, who is the Kwekwe Residents and Ratepayers Association (KRRA) secretary-general said council is being insensitive.
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