{"id":60431,"date":"2020-08-27T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/spotlight-on-municipal-bills-20200825-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:01:05","slug":"spotlight-on-municipal-bills-20200825-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/spotlight-on-municipal-bills-20200825-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on municipal bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_f8b4598d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pravin Gordhan\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10336\/790314b656554bd6862baf69266f9d39.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/82146b2c24254f33b62fe9af80ac910a.jpg\" title=\"Pravin Gordhan\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Pravin Gordhan<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some residents could soon be left in the dark, after the province\u2019s municipal debt to Eskom has passed the R2 billion mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan recently revealed in parliamentary questions from DA MP Cilliers Brink that the total debt owed by municipalities as at June is R43.9 billion, of which R30.9 billion is overdue debt. 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