by AfriForum | Jul 15, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and Eskom will possibly clash in court over the implementation of additional load shedding in case of municipalities with accounts in arrears. The power giant currently not only applies load shedding across the country, but also...
by AfriForum | Jun 18, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has instructed its legal team to take action against Eskom seeing that the power giant is planning on cutting the electricity supply to the Brits area from 3 July 2020. This follows after Eskom reacted to AfriForum’s letter in...
by AfriForum | Jun 4, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
AfriForum’s Brits branch compiled a petition after Eskom threatened to cut off the electricity to the town and the surrounding areas from 3 July 2020 due to the debt owed by the Madibeng Local Municipality. The Municipality owes approximately R138 million to Eskom and...
by AfriForum | Mar 27, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum directed an urgent letter to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and the MECs to ensure that any documentation published by municipalities need to be made available on the...
by AfriForum | Mar 3, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil right organisation AfriForum submitted further commentary to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on the impact that an electricity tariff increase may have on the South African economy. This follows AfriForum’s participation in public...
by AfriForum | Jan 29, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
AfriForum got a cost order against the Tshwane Metro in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 27 January 2020 regarding the illegal prepaid electricity tariff increases that were implemented in 2019. This cost order follows after AfriForum approached the High...
