{"id":68844,"date":"2022-11-04T19:17:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T17:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments"},"modified":"2022-11-04T21:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T19:25:28","slug":"south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Ramaphosa Says Eskom Owed R50 Billion By Municipalities, Govt Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa\u2019s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has said municipalities and some government departments owe Eskom over R50 billion.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa while answering questions in Parliament, eNCA news reported.<\/p>\n<p>Power cuts, unpaid Eskom debt and public servants\u2019 salaries took centre stage during Ramaphosa\u2019s question and answer session in Parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa says this is unacceptable. He said:<\/p>\n<p>The debt that is owed to Eskom by municipalities, as well as government departments, stands at more than R50 billion.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve made it clear that non-payment for services is unacceptable. We\u2019ve taken a number of steps to ensure that payment of these debts is recovered.<\/p>\n<p>A multi-disciplinary revenue committee has been established to look into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>ESKOM has in recent years been <b>rolling out load-shedding<\/b> in view of the shortage of generation capacity and breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s neighbour, Zimbabwe, has also been experiencing acute power shortages in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Critics attribute the situations in the countries to maladministration by \u201ccorrupt\u201d authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. South Africa\u2019s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has said municipalities and some government departments owe Eskom over R50 billion. This was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa while answering questions in Parliament, eNCA news reported. Power cuts, unpaid Eskom debt and public servants\u2019 salaries took centre stage during Ramaphosa\u2019s question and answer session in Parliament [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,2474,21,2518,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-68844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-cyril-ramaphosa","12":"tag-eskom","13":"tag-load-shedding","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Africa: Ramaphosa Says Eskom Owed R50 Billion By Municipalities, Govt Departments - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Africa\u2019s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has said municipalities and some government departments owe Eskom over R50 bil ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa: Ramaphosa Says Eskom Owed R50 Billion By Municipalities, Govt Departments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Africa\u2019s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has said municipalities and some government departments owe Eskom over R50 bil ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-04T17:17:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-04T19:25:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_2-636566f585d12.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"565\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/south-africa-ramaphosa-says-eskom-owed-r50-billion-by-municipalities-govt-departments\",\"name\":\"South Africa: Ramaphosa Says Eskom Owed R50 Billion By Municipalities, Govt Departments - 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