Salga to step up Eskom fight
The South African Local Government Association says it will approach president over Eskom debt
The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has indicated that it would escalate the matter of its Eskom debts to President Jacob Zuma if ministerial interventions currently taking place, do not yield the desired results. Salga president and former executive mayor of Johannesburg Parks Tau said the association considered Eskom’s insistence on cutting off power to errant municipalities during talks as "inappropriate". Government ministers are meeting Salga’s national executive committee in a bid to find a solution to the payment problem. The ministers include Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des Van Rooyen and Energy Minister Tina Joematt-Pettersson. The association is also seeking a review of the power utility’s credit control policies, which it says are inconsistent with those of municipalities. Salga estimates the debt owed to Eskom by municipalities stands at R9.6bn. However, Eskom points to the slightly ...
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