KwaZulu-Natal towns clash with Eskom over R123m electricity bill
Eskom says it will hit the Mooi-Mpofana council with rolling blackouts from July 8 if it does not pay
07 June 2019 - 14:09
The KwaZulu-Natal department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs and power utility Eskom have deadlocked on how the embattled Mooi-Mpofana municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands will settle its outstanding R123m electricity bill.
This was disclosed by newly elected co-operative governance MEC Sipho Hlomuka in an interview with radio station SAfm on Thursday‚ after his meeting with Eskom in Pietermaritzburg to discuss how the municipality would settle its bill dating back to 2015...
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