KwaZulu-Natal cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Sipho Hlomuka is to urgently meet Eskom to prevent power cuts to the embattled Mooi-Mpofana municipality in the KZN midlands over an outstanding R123m bill.
Mooi-Mpofana mayor Xolani Duma told TimesLIVE on Wednesday that non-payment for electricity was an ongoing problem faced by the municipality. He said the previous management had been using conditional grants for service delivery to pay Eskom because of a high level of tampering with electricity meters.
Duma blamed the current situation on a “false promise by the old management” that if they could recoup R64m from an electricity bill owed by a local textile company, then they would be able pay Eskom. When the municipality took Tai Yuen Textiles to court in a bid to recoup the money, they lost because it was discovered that the company had been paying tariffs set by the national energy regulator and had therefore done nothing wrong.
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