The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled that the Letsemeng local municipality in the Free State must pay Eskom timeously for the electricity it uses.
This precipitated the launching of an urgent application by Letsemeng in the Free State High Court to interdict Eskom from implementing the interruption pending the review of that decision.
The high court granted Letsemeng the interim interdict and dismissed Eskom’s counter-application to compel payment. Eskom was granted leave to appeal the high court judgment in the SCA. Eskom said the SCA was critical of the “dishonesty” of the municipality in its dealings with Eskom, which it described as “disgraceful”. The SCA awarded costs against the municipality.
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