VANDERBIJLPARK - Emfuleni Local Municipality is facing a heightened financial crisis after Eskom attached four bank accounts.
The municipality owes over R8 billion for electricity supply.
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This is roughly 10% of the total debt the country's municipalities owe to Eskom.
The attachments of Emfuleni's bank accounts led municipal employees to go without a salary at the end of September.
Emfuleni municipality spokesperson, Makhosonke Sangweni spoke to eNCA.