Eskom is appealing a High Court decision, ordering the power utility to release the attachment of the bank account of a municipality in the Free State which owes it billions of rand. The Maluti A Phofung Local Municipality owes Eskom R5.4 billion.

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Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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