{"id":34913,"date":"2026-05-20T07:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34913"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:27:09","slug":"sas-eskom-threatens-to-cut-power-supply-over-unpaid-debt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-eskom-threatens-to-cut-power-supply-over-unpaid-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Eskom threatens to cut power supply over unpaid debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) state power utility Eskom has issued the Johannesburg metro with a notice of intention to reduce or completely terminate its electricity supply over unpaid debt exceeding $300 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The city has until June 5 to settle an additional $90 million owed to Eskom as part of its mounting payment obligations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eskom says the metro has repeatedly failed to honour its Electricity Supply Agreement despite continuing to collect electricity payments from residents and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The utility has also offered to collect electricity revenue directly on behalf of the municipality through a Distribution Agency Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The financial crisis facing Johannesburg has been worsened by growing non-payment for municipal services by households and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pressure on the city\u2019s finances intensified further after SA\u2019s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana reportedly raised concerns about the deteriorating state of Johannesburg\u2019s finances in a letter sent to the metro last week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28952,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-34913","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Eskom has issued the Johannesburg metro with a notice of intention to reduce or completely terminate its electricity supply","published_date":"2026-05-20 07:15:30","news_description":"Eskom has issued the Johannesburg metro with a notice of intention to reduce or completely terminate its electricity supply","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34914,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34913\/revisions\/34914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}