Eskom rejects Tshwane's R878m repayment plan

The city has failed to pay Eskom R908 million on the deadline of 17 June.

Eskom said on Monday the metro only managed a payment of R10 million on 23 June and R20 million on 30 June.

"As part of the efforts to recover the debt, Eskom has previously escalated the matter of the city’s erratic payments to the Tshwane Executive Mayor Randall Williams in a meeting held with him and his leadership team in January 2022," says Eskom's Gauteng spokesperson Amanda Qithi.

"The matter was again escalated to the executive mayor now in June, requesting him to assist in ensuring that the city settles the account by 30 June 2022. 

"Out of the eight metropolitan municipalities in the country, the City of Tshwane is the only one with erratic payments," added Qithi.

The city has blamed the non-payment on residents not paying for services, and says it committed to a full payment by Thursday.

"We have experienced liquidity challenges occasioned by low revenue connection in the previous financial year,” says the city’s spokesperson Selby Bokaba.

"We’re anticipating an improved level of collection in the first quarter of the 2022/23 financial year, following our relaunch of our aggressive revenue collection campaign known as #TshwaneYaTima, which resumed on 21 June."

“The campaign is already showing positive signs, with debtors making payments coming forward after their services were disconnected.”

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