Bankrupt municipality appoints Eskom to electrify villages without following bidding processes

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OperationMabone Bankrupt Limpopo municipality appoints Eskom at a cost of R9.8 million to electrify villages without following bidding processes

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Going direct seems reasonable to me.

So, bidding would have involved parties buying and selling electricity from Eskom? Whereas now they buy direct?

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