Eskom Should Write Off Debt to the Tune of R16 Billion in Soweto, Committee Demands

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Of the debt owed by the countrys biggest township, only R536 million was deemed collectable, anIOLreport claims.

This means Soweto only has a payment level of only 20.6 per cent.

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In all, just 10 municipalities honour their payment arrangements with Eskom from the 43 non-paying municipalities.

According to reports, the judgement was for R1.3 billion.

This was due as the municipality had not paid for bulk electricity services.

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New demands that Eskom writes off a bill amounting to R16 billion for electricity that residents owe have been made by the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee. Image: Ihsaan Haffejee/ Anadolu Agency.Source: Getty Images

He was the Head of Current Affairs at Briefly News.

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