Ramokgopa defends Eskom’s public approach to R90bn municipal debt

The entity has publicly gone after wayward municipalities in recent months over their spiralling debt despite the existence of internal avenues to deal with this

11 November 2024 - 21:17

Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has defended recent, and very public, decisions by Eskom to “protect its interests” by going after defaulting municipalities despite the inter-governmental relations (IGR) in place for such disputes...

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