Eskom pushed R3bn too far

When the chickens come home to roost in Ekurhuleni next month, they'll probably be fine settling on Eskom's high voltage lines... because there won't be any power in them.

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That's because unless the municipality starts paying what it owes, the lights will go out.

Ekurhuleni could then become the first city in South Africa to be removed from the power grid because of debt, which Eskom puts at more than R3 billion.

Those chickens coming home to roost were first put to flight by successive ANC-dominated city administrations, which continued to do two outrageous things.