by AfriForum | Jan 22, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
AfriForum directed a letter to Nersa on 16 January 2020 requesting an investigation on why the Tshwane Metro has failed to refund pre-paid electricity consumers who were charged an illegal electricity tariff in 2019. This follows a promise made by the Tshwane Metro to...
by AfriForum | Jan 20, 2020 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
An audit by AfriForum’s Vryburg branch has found the local municipality’s landfill site to be in an appalling condition. This audit forms part of AfriForum’s annual landfill site audit, aimed at monitoring government’s service delivery. “According to Article 9(1) of...
by AfriForum | Dec 11, 2019 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has given the public a direct means by which to voice their displeasure with Eskom’s state of affairs and the unprecedented implementation of stage 6 load shedding. Written tongue in cheek, AfriForum’s petition letter solicits...
by AfriForum | Nov 5, 2019 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
AfriForum instructed its legal time to write a letter of demand to Eskom and the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality. This follows Eskom’s decision to continue cutting power to the Municipality if it fails to pay R50 million to the power giant. According to Bronwen...
by AfriForum | Nov 4, 2019 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The Tshwane Metro promised AfriForum at a management meeting on 29 October 2019 that it would reimburse pre-paid electricity consumers in November who had paid the wrong tariff early this year. This announcement was made after the Tshwane Metro had implemented an...
by AfriForum | Oct 29, 2019 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Public Enterprises, announced his plan to fix Eskom. The civil rights organisation AfriForum believes that the splitting of this monopoly – in clusters within Eskom that will compete with one another – is a step in the right direction, but...
