South Africa's Local Debts Hampering Energy Response 

South Africa’s electricity minister has raised concerns about the failure of municipalities to settle their bills with the state-owned power company, Eskom. <br />Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says that municipalities owed Eskom 63.2bn rand (£2.6bn). <br />He says this erodes the bottom line of Eskom and means the company is not in a position to respond to the country’s electricity challenges. <br />Mr Ramokgopa added that the debt had increased by 4.7bn rand over the past year. <br />South Africa’s power crisis has been blamed on poor management and corruption.<br /><br />This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/4166630/advertisement">https://www.spreaker.com/show/4166630/advertisement</a>