Overview
- Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Mayor Dada Morero and Eskom held crisis talks that produced a preliminary turnaround deal to prevent immediate, large-scale disconnections.
- The plan would let Eskom provide day-to-day technical help and revenue-collection support under a Distribution Agency Agreement–style arrangement that teams will finalise by the end of the week.
- City Power and the City of Johannesburg owe Eskom more than R5.2 billion in arrears and face an extra R1.5 billion current-account payment due in early June, which remains a near-term pressure point.
- Eskom has agreed not to proceed with wide bulk supply cuts while negotiations continue but has already enforced smaller disconnections of streetlights after issuing SPU notices for unpaid accounts.
- National Treasury says it will not directly intervene and provincial constitutional tools are the formal route; a reported R3.8 billion German loan is cited as partial relief but its use and legal terms are still being finalised.