Voices | Waiting for Eskom to be fixed cannot be the only solution to solving the current crisis that we are facing. Municipalities are autonomous organs of the state and have a constitutional duty to function, writes Miyelani Holeni
Eskom is the sole generator and carrier of electricity with the municipality playing a joint role of distribution to the end user.The budget speech of 2023 will go down as one of the most focused but pungent speeches that may be delivered in the history of democratic South Africa.
Having plied my skills in local government for some time, I have come to appreciate the micro and macro issues that drive this sphere both positively and negatively. Their services are losing appeal with their customers purely because the supply is not stable, just like a business that is not able to satisfy the demand from its customers.
Now that Eskom is faltering, municipalities are following suit and will most probably experience the same problems as their partner and supplier. Yes, municipalities have other problems that have been chronicled extensively and comprehensively but I shall not dwell on them to mention that they are serious.
Perhaps if there was another supplier. This could ameliorate the shortage or if there were alternative sources of the product, municipalities could be less impacted. Waiting for Eskom to be fixed cannot be the only solution to solving the current crisis that we are facing. Municipalities are autonomous organs of the state and have a constitutional duty to function.Therefore, they should not be made to wait in a queue. The 2023/24 division of revenue act made available an additional R14.3 billion made up of R8.1 billion of equitable share and R6.2 billion of conditional grants.
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