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)
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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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1. | Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 | 4368 citations |
2. | Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 | 4003 citations |
3. | Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 | 2746 citations |
4. | Public Finance Management Act, 1999 | 2186 citations |
5. | Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 | 2107 citations |
6. | Companies Act, 2008 | 1909 citations |
7. | Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 | 1662 citations |
8. | Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 | 306 citations |
9. | National Energy Regulator Act, 2004 | 155 citations |