Beware, Jozi municipal bill defaulters, JMPD is out to get you

Motorists were caught in a roadblock outside Johannesburg Zoo on Saturday, where metro police officers checked their IDs for outstanding municipal debts

10 September 2023 - 00:00 By Rorisang Kgosana and Sisanda Mbolekwa

Lewis Sambo was on his way to the dry cleaners in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Saturday when he was stopped at a roadblock and told he had to settle his R38,000 municipal debt...

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