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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Grootfontein municipality has put on hold its decision to enforce an agreement it entered into with RedForce Debt Management.<\/p>\n

This was announced by Grootfontein mayor Talitha Garises, who said the agreement was set to be implemented on 1 May 2024 for the debt management company to, on behalf of the municipality, collect an amount of N$213 million in outstanding debt owed by residents to the municipality.<\/p>\n

Garises in a media statement on Friday said the decision was taken due to the finalisation of some internal modalities, and to also allow defaulters to make payment arrangements with the municipality\u2019s financial department, while the council plans to further engage the community through public meetings.<\/p>\n

The mayor, however, did not mention the timeframe for which the municipality intends to put the agreement on hold but noted that the decision is the outcome of a special council meeting held on Thursday at the Grootfontein council chambers.<\/p>\n

The meeting was prompted by a demonstration of more than 300 residents who took to the streets on 26 April, denouncing the agreement the municipality entered into with RedForce to collect arrears on its behalf.<\/p>\n

The Swapo Party regional leadership last month and on Thursday condemned the decision to engage RedForce Debt Management, saying residents are already struggling to pay rates and taxes, and called for respectful debt-collection methods between the residents, government offices and businesses with outstanding accounts.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. The Grootfontein municipality has put on hold its decision to enforce an agreement it entered into with RedForce Debt Management. This was announced by Grootfontein mayor Talitha Garises, who said the agreement was set to be implemented on 1 May 2024 for the debt management company to, on behalf of the municipality, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-68313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nGrootfontein puts RedForce agreement on ice - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Grootfontein municipality has put on hold its decision to enforce an agreement it entered into with RedForce Debt Ma ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grootfontein puts RedForce agreement on ice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Grootfontein municipality has put on hold its decision to enforce an agreement it entered into with RedForce Debt Ma ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-08T16:51:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-08T17:27:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2024\/05\/sm_1715176341.236313.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"446\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Grootfontein puts RedForce agreement on ice\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-08T16:51:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-08T17:27:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2024\/05\/sm_1715176341.236313.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/grootfontein-puts-redforce-agreement-on-ice\",\"name\":\"Grootfontein puts RedForce agreement on ice - 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