Soweto electricity bill
MOU to be signed to address Soweto's electricity crisis
Councilor Mpho Moerane - who is set to be elected mayor - said under a soon-to-be-signed memorandum of understanding, the city would take over assets worth...
The community of Zone 2 barred the entrance of Megawatt Park in Sunninghill in a bid to have their electricity restored in high-density areas after a transformer failed in June.
Community members, mostly consisting of the elderly, protested outside the power utility’s headquarters Megawatt Park in Sunninghill.
Last year, Eskom officials said that residents were R18 billion in arrears, which included the accumulative interest.
The committee held a public rally in Rockville on Sunday to challenge their R18 billion electricity bill from Eskom.
In just six months, Soweto residents' debt increased by more than a R1 billion, pushing the bill to R18 billion.