Eskomhas offered to slash the R12.8 billion owed by Soweto residents by a whopping R5 billion.
This would effectively leave the residents still owing the power utility R7.5 billion.
Soweto is among the top 20 municipalities in debt toEskom.
Eskom has slashed the debt owed by Soweto residents by R5 billion. Photo credit: @brieflyza, @Wolfgang WambachSource: Facebook
The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee believes that the figures presented by Eskom are rough estimates.
The committee wants Eskom to write off the entire amount according toeNCA.
According to reports, the judgement was for R1.3 billion.
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This was due as the municipality had not paid for bulk electricity services.
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