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Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality policy

Karoo Hoogland Local MunicipalityRef: https://www.karoohoogland.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KHM-2023-2024-Writte-Off-Policy.pdf

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Source domain: karoohoogland.gov.za

Collected on 16 July 2026

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What this means

This is Karoo Hoogland Municipality’s Write Off Policy for 2023/2024. It formalises when irrecoverable municipal debt may be written off, requires recovery efforts and committee review, and provides that interest on arrears may be considered for write-off for approved indigent household consumers.

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OFF OF IRRECOVERABLE DEBT

Approved indigent household consumers may have the interest on their arrear amount considered for write-off after approval for registration as an indigent household consumer.

Who it is for: Approved indigent household consumers
How to act on it: Obtain approval for registration as an indigent household consumer; the debtor’s interest on the arrear amount will then be considered for write-off.

The document's recorded date is 1 July 2023. Confirm on the official source.

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Upon approval for registration as an indigent household consumer, the debtor’s interest on the arrear amount will be considered for write-off.

Facts

Reference

https://www.karoohoogland.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KHM-2023-2024-Writte-Off-Policy.pdf

Key Takeaways

KAROO HOOGLAND MUNICIPALITY WRITE OFF POLICY 2023/2024
Implementation from 1 July 2023
Write-off of irrecoverable municipal debt
Appointed write-off committee must review and recommend bad-debt write-offs to Council
Interest on arrears of approved indigent household consumers may be considered for write-off
KAROO HOOGLAND MUNICIPALITY