Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga – The Mail & Guardian

Coal’s slow death in Mpumalanga – The Mail & Guardian

Debilitating debt: An aerial view of Middelburg. While close to 900 residents of Steve Tshwete Local Municipality qualified for indigent support in the past year, hundreds of millions of rand are owed — by residents —  to the municipality. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee Steve Tshwete Local Municipality in Middelburg used to be one of South Africa’s top municipalities, boasting an average 95% rates collection. Now it is bleeding revenue as Mpumalanga’s c…