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    Home»News»Ailing Eskom to get an extra R59-billion from the state

    Ailing Eskom to get an extra R59-billion from the state

    News By Agency Staff22 July 2019
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    South Africa will ramp up support for its ailing state-owned power utility Eskom with an additional R59-billion spread over two years.

    The electricity company, which is seen as the biggest threat to the nation’s economy, will get R26-billion of the money this financial year and R33-billion in 2020/2021, according to a copy of a special appropriations bill seen by Bloomberg. That’s only five months after finance minister Tito Mboweni announced a three-year, R69-billion cash injection for the utility.

    Eskom is struggling under more than R440-billion of debt and expects to report another annual loss this month because of lagging demand and unreliable generation from ageing coal plants that resulted in power outages in the first quarter. The government has vowed to help the company that provides about 95% of the nation’s power as the dire state of its finances have became clearer.

    The funds will come from the Revenue Fund and the finance minister may impose conditions to be met by Eskom before any part of the amount is transferred

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said last month the government would soon give the company a “significant portion” of the R230-billion it needs over the next decade to remain solvent. Mboweni was due to announce the additional allocations for Eskom on Tuesday.

    The funds will come from the Revenue Fund and the finance minister may impose conditions to be met by Eskom before any part of the amount is transferred, according to the document. National treasury declined to comment when called for confirmation. Reuters reported the funding earlier.

    Yields on Eskom dollar securities due in 2021 climbed eight basis points on Monday to 5.12%, the highest since 28 June. The yield has risen five out of the past six sessions.

    “There is a disappointing lack of further detail on what the money will be used for or how it will be funded,” said Peter Attard Montalto, head of capital markets research at Intellidex. The bill does impose conditionality, but fails to indicate on what grounds, he said.  — Reported by Paul Burkhardt and Mike Cohen, with assistance from Liezel Hill, Colleen Goko and Prinesha Naidoo, (c) 2019 Bloomberg LP

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