The City of Johannesburg is going all out to challenge Eskom's latest load-shedding that came into effect at 9pm on Saturday night and is set to run until Monday morning – and is now ready to take the fight to court.
Johannesburg mayor Mpho Moerane is threatening to take Eskom to court after the power utility ignored an agreement with the city and has gone ahead with load-shedding. The City of Johannesburg is going all out to challenge Eskom's latest load-shedding that came into effect at 9pm on Saturday night and is set to run until Monday morning — and is now ready to take the fight to court.
City spokesperson Phindile Chauke explained: “This is after the city recently secured additional power supply capacity of 220MW from the privately-owned Kelvin power station that qualifies it for an exemption from stages 1 and 2 of load-shedding.” However, this weekend Eskom went ahead and implemented stage 2 load-shedding from 9pm on Saturday night. Moerane lashed out after the lights went out, describing the sudden implementation as “an unwarranted decision that cannot be left unchallenged on behalf of the people of Johannesburg”.
He added: “When the city first reached out to Eskom to indicate our additional supply capacity, we were asked for proof in this regard, which we accordingly presented. However, the city never heard from Eskom thereafter until the announcement of the latest scheduled load-shedding ... to Monday morning.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
City of Johannesburg slams Eskom, rejects latest scheduled loadsheddingWhile Eskom has committed to rolling blackouts until Monday, the City of Johannesburg has hit back at the power utility saying it rejects the latest scheduled loadshedding.
Read more »
City of Joburg rejects Eskom's load shedding scheduleThe City is even willing to go the legal route in its impasse with Eskom to halt what it calls “Eskom’s blanket heavy-handedness.”
Read more »
WATCH | City seeks interdict as Pretoria streets are strewn with trashThe City of Tshwane said on Friday it is going to court to seek an urgent interdict against the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) after municipal services in the city were disrupted.
Read more »
No load shedding for City Power customers, says utilityTo err on the side of caution, despite City Power's announcement, City of Joburg residents should however prepare for and expect the worst.
Read more »