Households and businesses in Johannesburg may have averted a blackout following threats from Eskom to reduce or cut power supply over its municipal debt, but theres more to be worried about.
Moneyweb has reliably learnt that Eskom has been quietly switching off streetlights in parts of the metro after power utility City Power was found to be in breach of the electricity supply agreement ESA, once again placing the distributor in Eskoms bad books.
Eskom cuts City Powers SPU accountsEskom censured City Power over money owed in a letter addressed to its CFO dated 20 April 2026. The three-page letter, seen by Moneyweb, is a notice of disconnection for non-payment of City Powers SPU small power user accounts.
