The City’s is on course to fulfil its commitment of providing dignified dwellings to all its residents. Ramaphosa informal settlement is turning into one of the model areas for how much re-blocking of informal settlements can improve the lives of its residents and provide a dignified dwelling.

Cable theft by two suspects at Gumbi cemetery in Daveyton has resulted in power supply interruption in Mayfield on Wednesday morning, 23 June. Security guards contracted to the city caught the suspects in action, while still busy cutting the 3.1-meter x 185 mm x 3 core CU (11kv) cable valued at over R4 600. The damage […]

 The City is owed more than R8 million in unpaid electricity bills by businesses and some residents of Ekurhuleni. In a bid to recover the money, the City disconnected power from businesses and residents between 21 and 24 June. Those affected are from Edenvale, Germiston, Bedfordview, Boksburg, Lillianton, Beyerspark and Dawn Park. During the operation […]

The huge chunk of R28 million budget allocated to the city’s Energy department will provide stability and protection for the revenue stream from sales of electricity by addressing meter related issues contributing to revenue losses. The budget allocated will be used to install protective structures into which the meters are installed. Protective structures are strengthened

A planned operation to disconnect illegal connections on streetlights in Vulcania South near Brakpan area yielded positive results as it led to the discovery of stolen cables belonging to the City. A private security company contracted to the City working together with the Energy department’s officials carried out an operation on Wednesday, 16 June to […]

The City has successfully repaired the substations which had blown up and power has since been reconnected to residents of the Winnie Mandela area in Thembisa.  This area was plunged into darkness following damages to the two substations which blew up a week ago. Preliminary investigations reveal that illegal connections and electricity theft were the […]

Approximately R50 000 of reinstatement fines were issued during the anti-electricity theft operations jointly held in Primrose and Elsburg on Monday, 15 June 2021. During this operation, the Department of Energy and law enforcement agencies within the City, 13 properties were found with bypassed electricity meter boxes. The owners were each issued with R3613.79 as

Eskom has introduced a nation-wide load shedding due to sudden loss of capacity at various power stations, and is implementing it directly at point of intake. This means that the City’s load shedding schedules are not applicable. In an effort to assist consumers, a temporary load shedding schedule has been drafted for stages 1 to […]