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Electricity reconnection scheme: 5 government employees in Gauteng nabbed

Electricity reconnection scheme: 5 government employees in Gauteng nabbed

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

Police have confirmed the arrest of five employees of the Emfuleni Local Municipality for running an alleged electricity reconnection scheme.

The suspects are further alleged to have unlawfully reconnected electricity supplies without the municipality’s authorisation, resulting in financial losses to the municipality.“Preliminary investigations have established that the suspects allegedly operated a scheme in which they misrepresented themselves to municipal clients as duly authorised officials who could reconnect electricity supplies that had been disconnected by the municipality.

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