The Kouga Municipality Council has announced the approval of various Covid-19 payment relief measures for residents and businesses of the area.
Kouga Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks says the municipality was not spared, with the collection rate dropping by 19% in April.
This had to be taken into account by Council in approving the final payment relief options for residents and businesses.
He said some of the relief measures that had been approved, would automatically be applied to all municipal accounts.
These include a reprieve on interest charged on overdue accounts from the start of the lockdown to the 30th of June.
Any household whose combined income had dropped to below R3 720 due to the lockdown would also be able to apply for indigent service subsidies.
