Eskom has had enough of residents breaking its equipment and stealing electricity.
Part of these control measures is charging customers who are caught tampering with Eskom’s equipment a R6,050 ‘remedial fee’, Eskom said.
“The 60% threshold is aimed at ensuring that most customers honour the payment to avoid repeated equipment failure,” it said. It noted that in this region specifically, almost half the residents are not buying electricity from registered electricity vendors and are also refusing Eskom entry into the area to remove the illegally connected transformers.
Municipalities in South Africa owe more than R50 billion to Eskom, which the group has claimed is exacerbating the ongoing power crisis in the country.
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