Gauteng municipalities report cautions against increasing debt Co-operative governance MEC Lebogang Maile has released the findings of an inquiry. Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile has released the findings of an inquiry into the province's municipalities. Picture: @GDCoGTA/Twitter 23 days ago JOHANNESBURG - A report into Gauteng municipalities cautioned against the increasing debt, which it said placed financial recovery and sustainability of municipalities at risk. Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile has released the findings of an inquiry. Gauteng municipalities owed Rand Water and Eskom significant amounts of money and the report has called for a long-term solution to create funded budgets and management of its creditor’s books.