Cape Town – The ANC’s provincial leadership is set to intervene in a service debt dispute between Eskom and two Western Cape municipalities where the party governs.
It was revealed at the weekend that Eskom was avoiding blacking out several rural towns, even enlisting the help of Western Cape Premier Helen Zille to get the Kannaland and Cederberg municipalities, which are struggling to pay their service debt, to pay their joint arrears of R26 million.
ANC provincial leader Marius Fransman said the party would ask for a detailed report from the Icosa-led Kannaland municipality, where it is in coalition, and the Cederberg municipality where it governs.
“The principal behind this is the fact that municipalities must honour their debt,” Fransman said.
Kannaland municipality, which covers the towns of Ladismith, Calitzdorp, Zoar and Vanwyksdorp, owes Eskom a whopping R20m while the Cederberg municipality, which covers the West Coast towns of Citrusdal, Clanwilliam, Graafwater and Lamberts Bay, owes R6m…
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