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Original Post Date: 2010-09-09 Time: 05:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Jana-Mari Smith
After exhaustive attempts to retrieve unpaid money owed to them, NamPower has put its foot down and cut electricity supply to the worst offenders this week. Yesterday, Kalkrand, Witvlei and Maltahöhe were cut off due to a combined debt of “just over a N$1 million”.
John Kaimu, NamPower’s Marketing and Communications Manager, yesterday confirmed that several towns, including those whose electricity was disconnected this week, have been put on red alert to pay their bills, or deal with a black-out.
“We have been negotiating, talking to them, reminding them. We have come to a point where we can no longer talk without taking action,” he said. Kaimu confirmed that a few towns were able to pay and avoid electricity suspension.
Kaimu said the power utility is acutely aware of the negative impact on businesses whose accounts are always paid, and asked them to “endure the inconvenience” of a total black-out. “But there is no other way,” he said.
Kaimu, however, added that the responsibility ultimately lies with the town councils to enforce stricter payments from non-paying residents in order to protect paid-up residents from supply cuts. “It calls for a more vigorous approach from the towns to make sure those who have paid are not inconvenienced. But they do not collect from those who don’t pay,” Kaimu said, stressing the fact that many towns fail to recover outstanding debt.
“We also have to honour our obligations to our suppliers,” Kaimu explained, pointing out that South Africa could put the entire country in the dark, if NamPower is not able to pay them.
Many blame financial mismanagement and political motivations in town councils for the slide into the red.
Sources say that Okahandja’s business community is preparing a petition, asking for the resignation of top management at the Okahandja Town Council, due to the loss of income they experienced this week.
A businessman said the fault lies with municipalities because “they don’t get their money because they have political agendas, and then people are not cut off, and they don’t collect their money”.
Okahandja’s town council, which owes NamPower approximately N$10,9 million, according to sources, rushed to Windhoek on Tuesday to receive authorisation to transfer N$2,5 million out of a N$3 million investment account the town has, to NamPower. Sources add that the town has allegedly received a deadline to pay an additional amount of N$3,2 million by next Friday, 17 September, with the warning that electricity will be cut again if this is not done. Sources said yesterday the town owed N$10,9 million before the blackout on Tuesday.
Okahandja’s Mayor, Tonata Shipena, and Chief Executive Officer, Regina Alugodhi, refused to comment on their town’s financial position and their agreement with NamPower.
Rehoboth Mayor Dawid Richter confirmed yesterday that Rehoboth settled their account in full last week, before a letter of warning arrived from NamPower.
The Mayor said the council paid N$1,2 million, thereby settling their account with NamPower to the full. “Our account is clean now,” he said.
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Original date published: 9 September 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009090075.html?viewall=1