{"id":113693,"date":"2026-05-07T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/?p=113693"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:10:03","slug":"afriforum-encourages-schools-in-tshwane-metro-area-to-report-power-cuts-and-claim-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/afriforum-encourages-schools-in-tshwane-metro-area-to-report-power-cuts-and-claim-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"AfriForum encourages schools in Tshwane Metro to report power cuts and claim damages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alana-Bailey-ENG-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Soundbite: Alana Bailey (English)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alana-Bailey-AFR-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Soundbite: Alana Bailey (Afrikaans)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0001-BRN3C2AF4537876_040981-2026-05-05.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:460px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Court order regarding power supply to schools in Tshwane Metro area.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a0d8633d-a679-43cb-b44a-42af6b5a1920\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0001-BRN3C2AF4537876_040981-2026-05-05.pdf\">Court order regarding power supply to schools in Tshwane Metro area<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0001-BRN3C2AF4537876_040981-2026-05-05.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a0d8633d-a679-43cb-b44a-42af6b5a1920\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The urgent court application with which AfriForum and Laerskool Wierdapark succeeded in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday (5 May 2026) stipulates that the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality immediately has to restore the power supply to all schools whose power had been cut due to non-payment of property rates. In addition, it stipulates that no other schools may have their power cut for this reason and that schools that have been affected by this may claim damages from the Tshwane Metro.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case was filed after several schools in the metropolitan area were literally left in the dark, despite their electricity bills being paid in full. However, their property taxes, which are the responsibility of the provincial authorities, are in arrears. The Tshwane Metro was therefore punishing the innocent parties, namely schools and vulnerable learners, for maladministration in which they had no part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Alana Bailey, AfriForum\u2019s Head of Cultural Affairs, it is commendable that school governing bodies are courageous enough to address unpleasant situations like this with legal action. Thanks to one governing body\u2019s forceful action, this court order ensures the protection of all schools in the metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfriForum therefore encourages the governing bodies of all other schools whose power is still cut off due to the property tax issue to contact us urgently. We know of at least one school that is still without electricity and therefore now urge the Tshwane Metro to restore it without delay, or face a charge of contempt of court,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AfriForum also encourages all schools that have suffered damages due to this issue to quantify the costs and submit claims to the metro accordingly. This includes the cost of diesel for generators. In addition, the governing bodies are requested to keep AfriForum informed of the progress in this regard. \u201cWe want to ensure that the innocent victims of this dispute between the province and the metro are properly compensated for their losses. If any aspect of the court order is disregarded, AfriForum is ready to assist the schools again,\u201d Bailey concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The urgent court application with which AfriForum and Laerskool Wierdapark succeeded in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday (5 May&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":69606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11182,11162,13744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-and-leadership-projects-media-statements","category-media-statements","category-we-are-afrikaners"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":11182,"label":"Education and leadership projects Media statements"},{"value":11162,"label":"Media statements"},{"value":13744,"label":"We are Afrikaners"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ivan-aleksic-PDRFeeDniCk-unsplash-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"AfriForum","author_link":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/author\/chante-kelder\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":11182,"name":"Education and leadership projects Media statements","slug":"education-and-leadership-projects-media-statements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":11182,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":11162,"count":134,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":11182,"category_count":134,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Education and leadership projects Media statements","category_nicename":"education-and-leadership-projects-media-statements","category_parent":11162},{"term_id":11162,"name":"Media statements","slug":"media-statements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":11162,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":2619,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":11162,"category_count":2619,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Media statements","category_nicename":"media-statements","category_parent":0},{"term_id":13744,"name":"We are Afrikaners","slug":"we-are-afrikaners","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13744,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":13744,"category_count":13,"category_description":"","cat_name":"We are Afrikaners","category_nicename":"we-are-afrikaners","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113696,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113693\/revisions\/113696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}