Gauteng Health should pay its electricity bills
13 October 2023
The news that Johannesburg council has served pre-termination notices on two hospitals for outstanding electricity payments highlights the need for the Gauteng Health Department to pay their bills like everybody else.
According to the council, the Rahima Moosa Hospital owes R7 million and the Helen Joseph Hospital owes R23 million.
It is not clear whether other Johannesburg hospitals have been served notices as well.
According to an official reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature in August this year, the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital owed R329.6 million and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital owed R19.3 million.