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Spiralling: Electricity tariffs have risen by more than 1 100% since 2007. In addition to consumption costs, there are layered costs for generation, theft and non-payment, among others. Photo: Madelene Cronje
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

City Power recovers R500 000 worth of illegal aluminium electricity cables; what does this mean for paying customers

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

  • Sonri Naidoo
4 min read