(1)Whether the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality in Mpumalanga made any payments in the settlement of the outstanding debt it owes to Eskom either in (a) October and/or (b) November 2017; if not, why not; if so, (i) on which date(s) were payments made, (ii) what amount was paid in each case and (iii) were any adjustments, deviations and/or virements to make the specified amount available to pay Eskom approved by the council of the specified local municipality;
(2) whether the municipality sourced any of the funds used to pay Eskom from any private individual, organisation and/or company; if not, where was the funding sourced from; if so;
(3) whether any benefit was expected in return for providing the funds; if not, on what basis was the funding provided; if so, what benefit was promised and/or granted in each case?