South Africa’s richest city pays Eskom R5.3 billion in overdue electricity debt

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South Africa’s richest city pays Eskom R5.3 billion in overdue electricity debt

Eskom's threat of cutting electricity supply to Johannesburg has finally been resolved.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Oh good, they stole money from somewhere else to pay the bill...

 

[The_MAC]

This is all ultimately funny money anyways

 

[AnimateX]

The city that is falling apart is still referred to as the richest? I'm confused.

 

[Brian_G]

ANC-City-Power pays ANC-Eskom

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

The city that is falling apart is still referred to as the richest? I'm confused.

The LLMs have a guard rail in place that says they cannot use the name City of Johannesburg

 

[Justanotherguybythesea]

Oh good, they stole money from somewhere else to pay the bill...

Just took all the money other than the councillors pay to make that payment. wonder how many workers will notice that pension and medical have been deducted, but not paid over.

 

[Swa]

So R5bn+ suddenly appears just before an election?

 

[VegOtter]

ANC-City-Power pays ANC-Eskom

correction. ANC borrows money from China to pay themselves:
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/ener...problems-in-south-africas-largest-cities.html