Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Resilient Properties (Pty) Ltd and Others (Case no 663/19); Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Sabie Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, and Others (Case no 664/19); Thaba Chweu Local Municipality and Others v Sabie Chamber of Commerce and Tou (583 of 2019; 663 of 2019; 664 of 2019) [2020] ZASCA 185 (29 December 2020)

Jurisdiction
South Africa
Citation
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Resilient Properties (Pty) Ltd and Others (Case no 663/19); Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v Sabie Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, and Others (Case no 664/19); Thaba Chweu Local Municipality and Others v Sabie Chamber of Commerce and Tou (583 of 2019; 663 of 2019; 664 of 2019) [2020] ZASCA 185 (29 December 2020)
Media Neutral Citation
[2020] ZASCA 185
Hearing date
28 August 2020
Court
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Case number
583 of 2019 ; 663 of 2019 ; 664 of 2019
Judges
Petse DP, Cachalia JA, Van der Merwe JA, Ledwaba AJA, Mocumie JA
Judgment date
29 December 2020
Language
English
Type
Judgment
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Constitutional law – section 41 of the Constitution of the Republic
of South Africa, 1996 – principles of cooperative government and
intergovernmental relations – all spheres of government and all organs of state obliged to make reasonable effort in good faith to settle intergovernmental disputes – Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act 13 of 2005, ss 40 and 41. Electricity – Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006, s 21(5) – interruption of electricity supply by Eskom to municipalities in financial crises and unable to pay for electricity supply – municipalities constitutionally and statutorily obliged to provide basic services, inclusive of electricity, to communities – whether Eskom entitled to interrupt electricity supply due to non-payment. Local Government – Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 – Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 – Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003.

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  2. All Pay Consolidated Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Others v Chief Executive Officer of the South African Social Security Agency and Others (Corruption Watch and Centre for Child Law as Amici Curiae) [2014] ZACC 12 (17 April 2014)
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  4. Competition Commission of South Africa v Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited and Another [2019] ZACC 2 (1 February 2019)
  5. Democratic Alliance v President of South Africa and Others [2012] ZACC 24 (5 October 2012)
  6. Giddey NO v JC Barnard and Partners [2006] ZACC 13 (1 September 2006)
  7. Gundwana v Steko Development CC and Others [2011] ZACC 14 (11 April 2011)
  8. Jaftha v Schoeman and Others, Van Rooyen v Stoltz and Others [2004] ZACC 25 (8 October 2004)
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  10. Minister of Defence and Military Veterans v Motau and Others [2014] ZACC 18 (10 June 2014)
  11. Mkontwana v Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality and Another ; Bissett and Others v Buffalo City Municipality and Others ; Transfer Rights Action Campaign and Others v MEC for Local Government and Housing Gauteng and Others [2004] ZACC 23 (6 October 2004)
  12. President of the Republic of South Africa and Another v Modderklip Boerdery (Pty) Ltd [2005] ZACC 5 (13 May 2005)
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  14. Rademan v Moqhaka Local Municipality and Others [2013] ZACC 11 (26 April 2013)
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Legislation 9
  1. Companies Act, 2008
  2. Electricity Regulation Act, 2006
  3. Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003
  4. Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998
  5. Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000
  6. Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944
  7. National Energy Regulator Act, 2004
  8. Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000
  9. Public Finance Management Act, 1999

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