City of Joburg threatens Eskom with legal action over load shedding

He said they had thought Eskom would no longer implement power cuts without consulting them.

"When the city first reached out to Eskom to indicate our additional supply capacity, we were asked for proof in this regard, which we accordingly presented. However, the city never heard from Eskom thereafter until the announcement of the latest scheduled load shedding from this evening to Monday morning," he said.

"It looks like Eskom has no intention of serving the people of Johannesburg better after we as a municipality have done everything within our reach to ensure security of power supply. We have recently gone as far as assisting Eskom after the national utility claimed it had left some mini substations and transformers unrepaired for months in mostly poor communities in Johannesburg because it was out of stock.

"If how Eskom treats the city is anything to go by, then it is understandable why Johannesburg residents have so many complaints about the national utility's customer service. Therefore, the City is now prepared to go the legal route to halt Eskom's impunity against the people of Johannesburg, especially those whose Eskom accounts are up to date," said Moerane.

Obviously you have not seen the joined statement from eskom and citypower this morning. Oh yes wait this is IOL the same ones still searching for 10 babies.

For the 1st time one municipality talks sense 👏 👌 👍 and beyond politics 🙄. The whole country must see load-shedding for what it is. It is nothing but sabotage to our lives and economy.

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