{"id":35006,"date":"2026-05-21T07:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35006"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:04:13","slug":"sas-johannesburg-mayor-vows-to-resolve-eskom-debt-dispute","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-johannesburg-mayor-vows-to-resolve-eskom-debt-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Johannesburg Mayor vows to resolve Eskom debt dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Johannesburg Mayor, Dada Morero says the city is working to resolve its dispute with South African (SA) power utility Eskom over mounting debt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eskom recently warned that it could reduce or completely cut electricity supply to certain bulk areas after the city and City Power accumulated arrears exceeding $313.6 million, excluding an additional $90.4 million due next month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Morero acknowledged the seriousness of the issue but said Johannesburg was committed to working with national authorities and stakeholders to find a solution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not fight Eskom. We will work with the Minister of Electricity and Energy and the SA Local Government Association to resolve this challenge,\u201d Morero said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that City Power has already developed a turnaround strategy aimed at addressing the debt crisis and stabilising electricity services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22336,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-35006","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"City of Johannesburg is working to resolve its dispute with SA power utility Eskom over mounting debt","published_date":"2026-05-21 07:22:53","news_description":"City of Johannesburg is working to resolve its dispute with SA power utility Eskom over mounting debt","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35006","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35016,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35006\/revisions\/35016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}