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ADM'S DEBT INCENTIVE SCHEME CONTINUES: BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, NPO'S AND COMMUNITIES STILL ENCOURAGED NOT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY ADM HEADQUARTERS – THURSDAY, 11 APRIL 2024

 Amathole District Municipality (ADM) encourages all its consumers not to miss the current ongoing debt relief scheme. Having started from 01 April 2024, the three-month long scheme aims to assist businesses, households, churches, agriculture and NGOs to pay off their debt at a discounted rate ranging from 40% to 50 % depending on the payment arrangement reached. This means that all qualifying debts of participants to the scheme will be written off in exchange for prompt, and timeous payments of future billing by the Municipality. EXCLUDED FROM THIS DEBT RELIEF SCHEME ARE ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, PARASTATALS AND MUNICIPALITIES.

Residential consumers, commercial, agriculture, NPOs and churches are encouraged to utilise our various communication channels listed below and convenient to them. For walk-ins, our offices at both head office and satellite offices are as follows:

• ADM Head Office : 15 Rees Street, Quigney, East London | 043 701 5220 | 043 783 2339 | 043 701 4149
• Amahlathi Satellite Office: 17 Long Street, Stutterheim 043 783 2373
• Great Kei Satellite Office: 8 Station Street, Komga | 043 783 2253
• Mbhashe Satellite Office: 90 Corner Kiddel & Evelyn Street, Dutywa | 043 701 4118
• Mnquma Satellite Office : Corner Sauer & Bell Street, Mayekiso Building | 043 783 2258
• Ngqushwa Satellite Office : 453 Corner Military & Prospect Road, Peddie | 043 701 4143
• Raymond Mhlaba LM: Nxuba Satellite Office: 200 Borne Accord Street, Adelaide | 043 701 4181 Nkonkobe Satellite Office: 23 Henrietta Street, Fort Beaufort | 043 701 4089

Consumers are encouraged to also make use of our WhatsApp Number: 067 453 8030 for more information on application for the debt relief scheme. The Municipality strongly urges all residents and consumers to take advantage of this offer before it expires on 30 June 2024. Should you not take advantage of the scheme, kindly take note that effective from 01 July 2024, a zero tolerance campaign against all consumers who are in arrears for service-related charges will result in strict credit control enforcement and a rigorous debt collection by-law will culminate in the termination of services, and legal action instituted for the recovery of all outstanding arrears.

Media Enquiries: Sisa Msiwa | Mobile: 079 889 4921 | WhatsApp: 071 215 8257 | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Issued by ADM Communications and Customer Care

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ONE GOVERNMENT ONE VOICE: PROVINCE AND DISTRICT PUTTING DDM INTO ACTION TO COMPLETE SPRING WATER PROJECTS IN ADM VILLAGES

ADM HEADQUARTERS – 02 APRIL 2024

In a joint effort to provide a common solution to accelerate access to clean drinking water, Amathole District Municipality (ADM) will be collaborating with department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DrDaR) in a cross-boundary initiative of reviving and installation of spring waters in aid of Kwaguquka, which is one of the villages the department aims to deliver spring water access to.

To finish the project, ADM will deploy 11 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers whose capacitation by DRDaR will ensure that the installation project work for the Kwaguquka Village is completed and maintained.

 At a District Mayors’ Forum engagement held last on 26 March 2024, Executive Mayor Anele Ntsangani welcomed the attestation by MEC Nonkqubela Peters relating to programme’s financial benefits which she proclaimed as not only cost effectiveness but were also void of any use of middleperson and tender processes.

 According to Executive Mayor Ntsangani, use of EPWP workers is one other way that the spring water project will ensure that poor households have short to medium term income base.

 “In addition to the importance of the use of EPWP for this project, is also the fact that beneficiaries will be from where they reside to not only create sense of ownership but to also ensure that its upkeep and maintenance remains a priority for the villagers” – said Ntsangani.

 Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the event scheduled as follows:

Event : EPWP Spring Water Projects Beneficiaries Deployment

Date : 03 April 2024

Venue : Baptist Church, Kwaguquka Village, Edikeni

Time : 10h00

 Media enquiries: Ms. Sisa Msiwa on 079 889 4921 | WhatsApp| 0712158257 | E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Issued by ADM Communications and Customer Care #UseWaterResponsibly #HeavyLiftingInAction #Siyakukhonza