'It would be ideal to have a coordinated structure where all these bodies will account.'
Dlamini-Zuma said it was true that her department could not do much as it has no leverage over indebted municipalities."There have been some discussions I won't get into for now, but we will go and put our heads together with Treasury on these issues," she added.
Hlengwa registered MPs' unhappiness over the failure of the executive to come up with a coordinated approach to dealing with the Eskom debt -"particularly since Eskom is the major contributor to the currentThe committee decided that it will drive the coordination to ensure Eskom debts are settled.
Hlengwa later told TimesLIVE that he did not believe that the Mabuza-led interministerial task team on service delivery was not mandated to deal with the Eskom debt matter. "We take that with a pinch of salt as the committee because deputy minister Parks Tau categorically said this function is with the IMC. That is why on the 18th [of March] we added the presidency to come and take us through all these structures they have created and who is responsible for what," he said.
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