Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I will move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that the Free State municipalities now owe Eskom more than R305 million and that more than R175 million is in arrears;
2) also notes that Mangaung Metro's debt amounts to R53 million and will shortly reach R119 million;
3) further notes that Matjhabeng Municipality, Welkom, owes R33,8 million, Ngwathe Municipality owes R29,1 million and Metsimaholo Municipality owes R23,6 million, to name just a few; and
4) acknowledges that it is about time that municipalities in the Free State province pay the monies collected to Eskom and not use these funds to pay other debts or to balance the books before Eskom is forced to take other drastic measures.