Local attorney, Johan Coetzee launched an urgent application in the High Court in an attempt to try and stop Eskom from disrupting the electricity to Emalahleni Local Municipality.
The application will be heard on Tuesday, December 12.
Coetzee said the application is interdicting Eskom from interfering with, terminating or reducing the supply of electricity to the municipality pending the finalisation of the review Eskom’s decision to implement the bulk interruptions and the final adjudication of the intervention application launched out of the High Court.
Eskom plans to cut bulk electricity to the municipality from Thursday, December 14.
According to Coetzee Eskom decided to interrupt the electricity despite the fact that the community have taken all reasonable steps and exhausted all legal remedies to their disposal to force the local municipality, the provincial and national executives to fulfil their constitutional obligations towards the community.
The interruption will have disastrous consequences on the community and the environment.
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