Tshwane residents left in dark over R25 000 tamper claims
Barend Botha, from Booysens in Pretoria, has been without power since 21 May… and there’s no help from the city.“On 18 March, the DA formally wrote to the city manager after numerous residents reported a disturbing pattern involving unlawful electricity disconnections, the removal of electricity meters, inflated tampering penalties and individuals offering to make these fines disappear in exchange for cash payments.“We were sent to the credit control office, and that’s where the real trouble started – they shouted at us, accused us, and said they wouldn’t switch the power back on unless we paid,” he said.
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