{
  "id": 4586237,
  "title": "Multiple municipalities risk Eskom power cuts as deals remain unsigned",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/multiple-municipalities-risk-eskom-power-cuts-as-deals-remain-unsigned",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-31T06:36:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/business/multiple-municipalities-risk-eskom-power-cuts-as-deals-remain-unsigned/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fourteen South African municipalities have until September 1st to sign a Distribution Agency Agreement (DAA) with power company Eskom or risk losing their electricity supply. As of now, none of the municipalities have signed such an agreement. These municipalities owe Eskom substantial amounts of money, and Eskom warned them in March that they might be left without power. Eskom has until September to reach a DAA with these municipalities, or they could face power cuts.",
  "summary": "Affected municipalities have until 1 September to conclude distribution agreements with Eskom or face possible supply interruptions.",
  "key_points": [
    "Fourteen South African municipalities risk power cuts by September 1st.",
    "None of the municipalities have signed Distribution Agency Agreement (DAA) with Eskom.",
    "Eskom warned municipalities in March of potential power loss."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Failure to sign Distribution Agency Agreements with Eskom by the deadline leaves municipalities vulnerable to power cuts, reflecting a heightened risk for areas already owing the company substantial amounts.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}