Eskom cash warning
Eskom has cautioned customers against paying cash to any technician, contractor, or employee for services rendered by the state power utility.
The utility is cracking down on illegal electricity consumption through meter tampering, illicit connections, and fraudulent prepaid...
Illegal power connections are out of control
The City of Cape Town has spent R83-million so far this year on repairs to vandalised electricity infrastructure, and the situation is spiralling out of control, the City says.
Last week the City disconnected hundreds of illegal electricity...
Forget illegal connections — Over 34,000 of Eskom's own customers stole electricity
While South Africans are often quick to blame people who illegally connect to Eskom's grid for stealing electricity and damaging infrastructure, the utility's own customers are doing the same.
In the 2020/2021...
Electricity theft out of control in Tshwane
Illegal electricity connections and meter tampering may send the City of Tshwane into a cash crisis, according to the DA.
Illegal electricity connections: power cuts and death
Illegal electricity connections put additional pressure on the national grid and contribute to power cuts, the KwaZulu-Natal co-operative governance and traditional affairs department said on Wednesday
City Power to fight illegal electricity connections
City Power will continue its fight against people using illegal electricity connections, the utility has said