Eskom threatens to cut Tshwane power supply over unpaid debts
Eskom says it could resort to cutting power supply to the City of Tshwane amid its ongoing efforts to recoup some of the debts owed to it.
The power utility says the city failed to honour an agreement to pay the R1.6 billion by the agreed upon date of August 17.
In a statement, Eskom says the city has only paid R68 million.
"The power utility had numerous engagements with the City of Tshwane’s management to ensure that the city pays its account,” says the utility's spokesperson Amanda Qithi.
“Nevertheless, these actions have not yielded any results as the city has continued with the same pattern. The inconsistent payments are both untenable and unacceptable since Eskom’s financial position is well known."
Qithi warns the situation could see the whole of the city dumped into darkness.
"It will be a bulk disconnection. Remember we supply the electricity in bulk to the City of Tshwane so then that is where the disconnection will be at, because we supply to the City of Tshwane, and they take and supply to the customers.
"The whole point of us cutting the city off is so that they can pay us as we had said on the statement that we are trying all avenues to ensure that the city pays, and this is one of those avenues."
In response the city said its finance team has been consistently engaging with the utility on a payment plan.
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