Fleet management company Afrirent has threatened to ground City of Joburg fleet for the second time in less than three months if it does not receive confirmation that the municipality has paid the car rental company. The city insists it has paid all that was due and the threat will not be carried out.

Afrirent on Tuesday confirmed that it had asked the city to pay the R80m it owes for the right to use 2,700 vehicles, except those used by the city’s police department...