Cutting power to municipalities will impoverish rural towns – AfriForum

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has warned of the repercussions of the North Gauteng High Court’s ruling, last week, that certain defaulting municipalities’ electricity supply may be cut by power utility Eskom, saying this will impoverish these rural towns. The North Gauteng High Court last week dismissed AfriForum's application to prevent Eskom from cutting power to more than seven municipalities that owe the utility about R10.2-billion.