The business organisation, Sakeliga, which made the application, says Covid-19 lockdowns did ‘unprecedented harm to economic and social activity’

The price of electricity could go up by 20.5% in April and an upcoming court bid could see users paying surcharges to municipalities

But Afriforum’s business wing says the finance minister is playing the race card

Eskom is appealing an interdict by the courts to stop it from interrupting power to municipalities that owe it billions of rands