ANC’s free electricity, water bites ruling DA in broke Ekurhuleni

Mayor Campbell reinstates free power supply to stop protests in Thembisa

07 August 2022 - 00:00 By Isaac Mahlangu and Kgothatso Madisa

The National Treasury has confirmed that it advised Gauteng's Ekurhuleni metro this year to cut its electricity and water subsidies to residents because the municipality could no longer afford them...

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