EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: It was December and quiet, and still Eskom maintenance was ignored
Arrear debt is growing R500m per month, Eskom CFO Calib Cassim says, and Sasol backtracks on US project's projections
11 February 2019 - 12:13
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world Eskom is load-shedding again after expectations that it would have done the necessary maintenance work and repairs during the festive season failed to materialise.
“Municipal arrear debt currently amounts to R18bn, and is growing at about R450m per month, while Soweto arrear debt adds a further R17bn, growing at about R50m per month. Thus in total, arrear debt is growing by R500m per month,” Eskom CFO Calib Cassim told Chris Yelland...
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