The City of Tshwane (CoT) on Monday cut the electricity supply to two of Hartbeespoort’s popular tourist destinations Glen Afric and Eagle Waters Resort.

City of Tshwane mayor Dr. Nasiphi Moya at Glen Afric during the disconnection of electricity.

Tshwane mayor Dr. Nasiphi Moya announced on X (Twitter) that the CoT had crossed the provincial border to Hartbeespoort to cut the electricity supply to defaulting customers.
“Eagle Waters has owed us for a long time. Initially, they owed R8 million, and we switched off. They paid R4 million and then they disappeared from us,” she said. The resort currently owes CoT R4 million.
The team then moved to Glen Afric Country Lodge, which owes over R13 million. “This is where we don’t negotiate. We switch them off,” Moya said.
She said the CoT is back with the Tshwane Ya Time revenue-collection programme. “We have asked our customers to pay. We need the money to pay our service providers,” she said.
Kormorant reported two weeks ago that the Madibeng Municipality owed the CoT R208 million. According to CoT spokesperson Lindela Mashigo at the time, the CoT had not yet implemented any credit control measures such as cutting electricity supply. “Madibeng Local Municipality’s indebtedness to the City of Tshwane is R208 million after a payment of R10 million was received,” Mashigo said.
Madibeng spokesperson Tumelo Tshabalala said the municipality had engaged with the COT and would be making the necessary payments.
The municipality has not responded to Kormorant’s enquiry about whether any payments have been made since.