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ESKOM has its municipal accounts under control at the moment, but there is serious concern about certain municipalities' ability to settle their electricity accounts. The accounts of nine smaller municipalities across the country are so far in arrears that ESKOM may have to disconnect their electricity. The utility has thus far been quiet about what individual municipalities owe, but certain communities frear that the monies they are paying municipalities for electricity are not being paid over to ESKOM. Municipalities' arrears at the end of Dec. amounted to R174m. Some of the municipalities in arrears are the Theewaterskloof Municipality, in the Western Cape (32.3% more than 90 days overdue), the Magareng Municipality in the Northern Cape (28.5%), and the Dikgatlong Municipality in the same province (27.9%).
09 Feb 2010 10:21 |
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