By A Correspondent- South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, is owed R632m in outstanding payments by Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa Holdings), Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) and Zambian state-owned power company Zesco.

This was revealed by South Africa’s public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan in response to a question posed by Democratic Alliance chief whip Natasha Mazzone in Parliament.

Here is how much the three regional state-owned power utilities owe Eskom each:

• ZESA – R322m
• EDM – R221m
• ZESCO – R89m