DEBTS TO ESKOM
Lynne Brown secures an Eskom cut-off reprieve
The public enterprises minister urges indebted municipalities to work towards settling their debts
Indebted municipalities have been handed a reprieve from scheduled power outages after Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown ordered Eskom to give the councils until the end of January to come up with payment plans. This comes after Eskom said on Thursday that scheduled interruptions at Naledi, Lekwa-Teemane and Kgetlengrivier in the North West, and at Ubuntu and Renosterberg in the Northern Cape would continue. Brown on Thursday urged affected municipalities to work towards settling their arrears, saying their growing debt could undermine efforts aimed at getting Eskom back on sound financial footing. "The security of future revenue is paramount to Eskom’s sustainability. It is critical for all municipalities to institute pre-paid billing to help build a payment culture. A healthy Eskom does not only meet its social mandate, it also contributes to the positive sovereign rating of SA," Brown said.
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