Eskom's R12,000 prepaid meter replacement warning

[Jan]

Many South Africans could fork out R12,000 for new prepaid electricity meters

Roughly 300,000 Eskom direct customers failed to update their prepaid electricity meters by the 24 November 2024 deadline, meaning they may have to replace their meters at a cost of up to R12,000.

In a recent statement, the state-owned power utility warned that meters still on Key Revision Number 1 (KRN 1) after 24 November will become inoperable, and these households will lose power once their current credits are depleted.

 

[Swa]

Sensational headline. They can only make you pay to replace a meter if you tampered with it.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Prepaid meters was Makate's idea and Eskom should pay him R120B.

 

[Bliksis]

Sensational headline. They can only make you pay to replace a meter if you tampered with it.

Aaaw it's not Jan. He just reposted another twat's failure

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

The corrupt taking every opportunity to get extra "pocket liner" - thieving kante

 

[Bad Ballie]

We should also be holding Eskom accountable for only bringing in the new revision 10 years late effectively denying us a decade of the new revision

 

[PaulGherkin]

Ag Eskom.. JOU MA SE P0ES

 

[Randomwasavailable]

If this were true, they just advertised bypass surgery for more.

 

[UB40]

No they won't
300 000 people have already by passed their pre paid meters like @RedViking did last week

 

[qscwbt]

how do they get that price?

 

[ProfA]

how do they get that price?

I think they can charge whatever they want.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

how do they get that price?

If we want a new Beamer for every 1000 meters, - meter must cost R12000.00

 

[wingnut771]

how do they get that price?

Same way they pay R120k for a broom.