Cape Town - About 22 365 civil judgments were recorded for April with a total value of R317.3m, according to data released by Statistics SA on Wednesday.
The largest contributors to the total value of judgments were ‘other’ debts at R94.5m, money lent at R86.8m and services at R58.2m.
However, the total value of civil judgments for debt fell by 6.3% when looking at the three months ended April 2016, compared with the three months ended April 2015.