# [TOP STORY] Joburg's cash crisis threatens essential services

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Podcast: [Moneyweb@Midday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneyweb-midday-60224)
Published: 2026-07-13T12:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1695653
Audio file: https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_216/epi_1695653_medium.m4a?p=rss
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## Resource

‘City Power is at absolute breaking point, they have a massive overdraft, we're talking R22 million… Eskom is threatening to shut off the whole city unless we make serious payments,’ says Julia Fish, executive director of JoburgCAN. Moneyweb

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