Mayor of South Africa’s capital city threatened with jail time after cutting power to schools

• Mayor of South Africa’s capital city threatened with jail time after cutting power to schools
• The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality reportedly cut power to Centurion schools over unpaid rates bills, despite a court order banning such action.
• AfriForum is preparing an urgent contempt application, which may no longer be necessary, and will prepare its application on Monday, 12 October 2026 if the metro fails to restore power by Friday, 9 October 2026.