Eskom 'punishing' heavily indebted Lichtenburg by 'delaying repairs'
The company appears to have perfected a strategy of punishing entities refusing to service massive electricity debt by not restoring outages
16 August 2023 - 21:43
The Lichtenburg municipality believes Eskom is punishing it for its huge electricity debt by working at a snail's pace when restoring a damaged transformer that has left the town in darkness. ..
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