Voices condemning the Eskom tariff hike are growing as South Africans are subjected to ever-increasing rolling blackouts.
“This will result in more nonpayment, theft, illegal connections and related technical losses, and will further worsen municipalities’ inability to pay Eskom.
are becoming increasingly unaffordable. All this is happening while municipalities are recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic which hit hard the ability of municipalities to collect revenue and service their debt.” “The fundamental question is: if Eskom cannot provide electricity to keep the lights on, what power are municipalities going to sell to consumers? And where will municipal revenues come from? It is hard to see anything positive in all of this.”
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