Over a five-year period, inaccurate billing systems and the resultant poor revenue generation by Mpumalanga municipalities has resulted in an escalating Eskom debt.
This was the considered opinion of Mr James Masango, DA spokesman on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) .
According to a press release, Premier Refilwe Mtshweni and the provincial government must find lasting solutions for this ongoing crisis.
Mr Masango said the provincial debt owed to Eskom is currently more than R3-billion.
A breakdown of the debt puts the Lekwa Municipality at R435-million and at the seventh council meeting on 11 May, background was given on a payment arrangement of R213-million for bulk purchases of electricity.
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