Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Act

This section amends Section 2 of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, 2023 by changing a 2025/26 amount to R80,233 billion, adding R10 billion for 2028/29, and deleting subsection (3).

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 5 of 2025
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Language: en
Updated: 3 Sept 2025
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This section amends Section 2 of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, 2023 by changing a 2025/26 amount to R80,233 billion, adding R10 billion for 2028/29, and deleting subsection (3). This section names the Act as the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Act, 2025, and says it amends the 2023 Eskom Debt Relief Act. This provision amends section 2 by changing budget amounts for specified financial years and deleting subsection (3). This section gives the name of the law. 4 No. 53289 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3 SEpTEMbER 2025 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.zaPrinted by and obtainable from the Government Printer, Bosman Street, Private Bag X85, Pretoria, 0001Contact Centre Tel:

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Section 2 of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, 2023, is hereby amended—
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends Section 2 of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, 2023 by changing a 2025/26 amount to R80,233 billion, adding R10 billion for 2028/29, and deleting subsection (3).

1. Section 2 of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, 2023, is hereby amended— (a) by the deletion of ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1); (b) by the substitution for paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of the following para- 5 graph: ‘‘(c) [R40] R80,233 billion for the 2025/26 ﬁnancial year[.]; and’’; (c) by the addition to subsection (1) of the following paragraph: ‘‘(d) R10 billion for the 2028/29 ﬁnancial year.’’; and (d) by the deletion of subsection (3). 10 Short title
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This Act is called the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Act, 2025.
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AI-assisted research summary: This section names the Act as the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Act, 2025, and says it amends the 2023 Eskom Debt Relief Act.

2. This Act is called the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Act, 2025. This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Umthetho wesikhibelelo sezokuhlangulwa Esikolodweni se-Eskom, 2025 no. 05 ya 2025 STAATSKOERANT, 3 SEpTEMbER 2025 No. 53289 3 INOTHI ESIHLATHULULIZOMBELELE: 3 [ ] atlolwe Amagama ngaphakathi ngokunzima kweembayana eziziinkwere atshwaya okutjhiywe ngaphandle emithethweni ekhona. Amagama okukhitjelelweko emithethweni ekhona. athalelwe ngomuda obanzi atshwaya khulu lokho (English text signed by the President) (Assented to 29 August 2025) UMTHETHO Ukukhibelela umThetho wezekuHlangulwa esiKolodweni se-Eskom, womnyaka wee-2023, ukwenzela ukuqalelela ukuphungulwa kwenani lemali yeemfuneko ze-Eskom zomnyakamali wee-2025/26 begodu loke inani lemali yomnyaka lowo lithathwe njengemalimboleko engatjhugululwa ibe zizabelo ezithengiweko lokha nayihlangabezene nemibandela; ukuqalelela ngenani lemali leemfuneko ze-Eskom zomnyakamali wee-2028/29; begodu nokuqalelela iindaba ezikhambisana nalokho. UMTHETHO UNGAPHASISWA yiPalamende yeRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika, ngendlela elandelako:— Ukukhitjelelwa kwesigaba 2 somThetho we-7 womnyaka wee-2023, njengo- kukhitjelelwa ngesigaba 1 somThetho we-5 womnyaka wee-2024
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Isigaba 2 somThetho wezokuHlangulwa esiKolodweni se-Eskom, womnyaka
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends section 2 by changing budget amounts for specified financial years and deleting subsection (3).

1. Isigaba 2 somThetho wezokuHlangulwa esiKolodweni se-Eskom, womnyaka 5 wee-2023, ngalokhu siyakhitjelelwa— (a) ngokusulwa kwaka- ‘‘begodu’’ esiphethweni sendima (b) yesigatjana (1); (b) ngokujamiselela indima (c) yesigatjana (1) sendima elandelako: ‘‘(c) [imali ema-R40] imali ema-R80,233 billion yomnyakamali wee- 2025/26[.]; begodu’’; 10 (c) ngokungezelela esigatjaneni (1) sendima elandelako: ‘‘(d) imali eli-R10 billion yomnyakamali wee-2028/29.’’; begodu (d) nangokusulwa kwesigatjana (3). Isihloko esiﬁtjhani
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UmThetho lo ubizwa ngomThetho wesiKhibelelo sezokuHlangulwa esiKolodweni
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2. UmThetho lo ubizwa ngomThetho wesiKhibelelo sezokuHlangulwa esiKolodweni 15 se-Eskom, womnyaka wee-2025. This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za
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AI-assisted research summary: 4 No. 53289 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3 SEpTEMbER 2025 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.zaPrinted by and obtainable from the Government Printer, Bosman Street, Private Bag X85, Pretoria, 0001Contact Centre Tel:

4 No. 53289 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3 SEpTEMbER 2025 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.zaPrinted by and obtainable from the Government Printer, Bosman Street, Private Bag X85, Pretoria, 0001Contact Centre Tel: 012-748 6200. eMail: info.egazette@gpw.gov.zaPublications: Tel: (012) 748 6053, 748 6061, 748 6065

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