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News24 reports that thousands of Emfuleni Local Municipality employees, managers and councillors may not be paid their salaries this week, while the municipality awaits a High Court judgment in connection with Eskom's attachment of its four bank accounts over an R8 billion unpaid bill.
The judgment is expected to be delivered by Wednesday after the municipality approached the South Gauteng High Court on 19 September on an urgent basis to get Eskom's attachment of its bank accounts lifted. In an internal memo circulated on 19 September, Emfuleni municipal manager April Ntuli informed line managers that, due to Eskom's claim to bank accounts, the municipality was unable to transact or process any payments. He encouraged managers “to engage with your staff and give them an update on the development to avoid misinformation and panic. We assure you that all available avenues are being explored for the upliftment of the accounts and payment of salaries.” On 11 September, Eskom announced that the sheriff of the court had successfully attached Emfuleni's four bank accounts to ensure that the money collected by the municipality for electricity would be paid directly to Eskom. On 31 August, Eskom had indicated that Emfuleni owed it a little over R8 billion for bulk electricity, which represented about 10% of the R82 billion owed to it by municipalities. Emfuleni is among the utility's top three debtors.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tankiso Makhetha at News24
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