Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The top 20 municipalities with overdue Eskom bills owe the power utility around R55.8 billion, with the three biggest defaulters owing over R7 billion each.
The Matlosana Municipality is a top defaulter, according to MyBroadband. Matlosana is in eighth place and owes R1,798 billion to Eskom.
The online publication contacted Eskom to provide them with a list of the twenty municipalities that owe the most money. The list is eye-popping with the municipality that owed the most - Emalahleni (Witbank) - ironically also one of the biggest economic benefactors of Eskom’s operations. Emahleni’s area of governance is surrounded by several Eskom power stations and mines that supply the stations with coal. It is home to many of the utility’s employees. Emalahleni owes Eskom R8,703 billion.
Not far behind Emalahleni was the Maluti A Phofung municipality in the Free State (Harrismith), with a total outstanding bill of R8,015 billion and Emfuleni in Gauteng (Vaal Triangle), which owed R7,102 billion.
Other NW defaulters, and within the top 20, are Ditsobotla (Lichtenburg), owing R1,181 billion, and Naledi (Vryburg) owing R872 billion.
