Civil society organisation the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is, in the wake of a reported agreement between State-owned electricity utility Eskom and the City of Johannesburg, calling for all information related to the city's debt crisis to be disclosed.
It calls on Eskom to disclose any information before proceeding with any process that could result in electricity supply interruptions for paying residents and businesses.
Meaningful participation requires meaningful information, it states.
The public cannot be expected to participate meaningfully without understanding whether the proposed intervention has changed and what implications the agreement has for affected residents and businesses, it says.
The organisation has further called for the public participation period to remain open for at least 30 days after details of the agreement are disclosed to allow affected parties sufficient time to make informed representations.
