Parliament will convene an urgent joint meeting of the portfolio committees on co-operative governance and traditional affairs, public enterprise and finance on Tuesday to discuss the crisis between Eskom and indebted municipalities.Eskom is owed billions in unpaid power bills by local councils, most of which are in financial distress. The power utility has used scheduled electricity cuts as a bargaining chip and as a means to get municipalities to the negotiating table to settle their debts.DA MP Kevin Mileham said the joint committee meeting was agreed to after he wrote to the co-operative governance and traditional affairs chairman Richard Mdakane in late September.Mileham said in a statement that the South African Local Government Association (Salga), National Treasury and the affected departments would be present at the meeting, aimed at seeking a long-term solution to the challenge.The departments of Public Enterprise and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs held me...
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