Ms Olga Rademan, a resident of Kroonstad within the Moqhaka Local Municipality, withheld payment of her municipal rates as part of a ratepayers’ protest against what she regarded as poor service delivery. Although she continued to pay for electricity and other services, she did not pay her rates account in full. Relying on its credit control policies and by-laws, the Municipality disconnected her electricity supply due to non-payment of her consolidated municipal account. Ms Rademan approached the Magistrate’s Court for restoration of electricity, arguing that the Municipality lacked authority to disconnect her electricity without a court order, that her electricity account was not in arrears, and that none of the grounds in section 21(5) of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 were present. The Magistrate’s Court ordered restoration of electricity. On appeal, the High Court and later the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned that decision, holding that the Municipality was entitled to disconnect electricity for non-payment of a consolidated municipal debt. Ms Rademan then sought leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court, including condonation for late filing.