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Today, 15 July 2019, I had a productive meeting with Eskom officials in the province, led by the General Manager of the Eskom Operating Unit, Mr D Govender.
The meeting followed my earlier interaction with members of the community of Braamfischer, in which residents raised serious issues including illegal electricity connections, vandalised infrastructure and extended blackouts.
I then sought an immediate meeting with Eskom officials given the dire state of affairs expressed by residents.
Due to the complex nature of the issues discussed between myself and the Eskom team, during a meeting at Megawatt Park, it was decided that it would be prudent to include the Eskom board in our deliberations. I have therefore requested an urgent meeting with the board of Eskom and its shareholder within the next 24 hours. The team at Eskom has indeed committed to ensuring this does take place.
Despite working across different spheres of government, it is important for Eskom and the City of Joburg to work together to finding urgent, long lasting solutions to the issues faced by residents in Soweto, as well as other parts of the City, affected by ongoing blackouts arising from Eskom’s credit management processes.
The Eskom board must understand that it needs to urgently engage its shareholder in order to resolve the issues faced by the company so that it may be restored to good health.
I look forward to a favourable response from the Eskom board.
Issued by:
Cllr Herman Mashaba
Executive Mayor - City of Joburg
Media enquiries:
Luyanda Mfeka
Director: Mayoral Communications
Office of the Executive Mayor
Cell: 076 171 5978
Email: luyandam@joburg.org.za
