The company says the monthly R200 for prepaid meter users is to cover services because more customers have switched to renewable energy
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The state claims that employees colluded in widespread fraud involving a substation project
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Some residents in Soweto and Brixton have asked the City of Johannesburg to leave their areas on the network for health reasons
A security firm on a R57.2 million City Power contract has been implicated in a “reign of terror” in Eldorado Park
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Some businesses have closed while others have had to let employees go because they cannot afford to pay them
The utility buys R11-bn of electricity from Eskom which it needs to sell to make revenue and reinvest but instead it loses R2-bn a year due to illegal connections
The ConCourt has ruled that state organs, as employers, have to take over the employment contracts of workers – if a contract or tender is cancelled.
City Power says it will increase tariffs by about 7% from July, following Nersa’s approval of its tariff hike application.
The public protector has to verify the findings of a probe City Power claims "cleared" it of corruption in the awarding of a R1.25-billion tender.
The actions of employees involved in turning off power at substations is equal to terrorism, says Gauteng safety minister Faith Mazibuko.