According to the city’s chief financial officer, Ramasela Ganda, the first batch of 22 kiosks have been procured and will be distributed to malls once internal processes have been completed.
“We want to inculcate, in the culture of the shopping experience, the payment of municipal services, by introducing a more convenient and modern way to do so,” said Ganda.
“We want to turn our malls into one stop shops – where one can do groceries and even pay for services.”
The kiosks will allow residents to pay with cash or their debit and credit cards.
The municipality said this move is a step towards becoming a digital city and to make payment of services convenient and easy.
Kiosks will in future be enabled to provide airtime, allow for the payment of traffic fines and cemetery fees, as well as applying for municipal services.
This revenue enhancement drive is an addition to the city’s online platform to view and pay for municipal accounts on the website www.e-siyakhokha.co.za.
