Samwu rejects Eskom’s takeover of electricity distribution in municipalities
It is part of a working group with National Treasury, Eskom and the departments of Electricity and Energy and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to standardise the content of the agreements, which Treasury previously described as one-sided in Eskom’s favour.
Union demands a review of all existing agreements and calls on government to stop enforcing them, among other measures Municipal trade union Samwu has strongly rejected Eskom’s takeover of electricity distribution functions in struggling municipalities and the methods being used to impose Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs) on them.
Removing control over electricity revenue while municipalities are still expected to finance other basic services risks worsening rather than resolving the financial crisis facing local government, the union said.
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