Emfuleni property seized as Eskom moves to collect debt
Eskom collects over R600 mil in property from Emfuleni Municipality.
The Sheriff of the Court on Tuesday seized municipal property from Emfuleni Local Municipality as part of efforts to recover money owed to Eskom.
The High Court in Johannesburg earlier ruled in favour of Eskom in its effort to collect R615 million in unpaid bills.
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The municipality owes the ailing power utility R2.3 billion.
Sheriff of the Court removing municipal property to enforce judgement for the non-payment of @Eskom_SA R635 million debt by the Emfuleni Local Municipality right now. This is at the main municipality building at Vanderbijlpark pic.twitter.com/JR4sz0Br8g
— SikonathiMantshantsh (@SikonathiM) March 10, 2020
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathiu Mantshantsha says the debt-ridden utility has been granted summons which will allow it to also collect the rest of the debt.
"Eskom obtained a judgment from the High Court in South Gauteng to collect R615 million in unpaid electricity revenue from the Emfuleni Local Municipality. So the sheriff of the court is at the building of the municipality right now.
"They are collecting moveable properties. We have issued more summons to collect the rest of the money."