Electricity tempering crisis in the tpwnship

Motseki Daniel Mkwanazi

The electricity crisis in the townships has been one of the ongoing things for such a long
time that it has Eskom to take accountability for those people who bypassed the electricity
system.

Illegal connections have been a very problematic case when talking about the electric crisis
in the townships that it has Eskom to take accountability for those that are not paying up
their electrical bills and it’s been long overdue that people do not take any accountability for
their electrical billing.

Such has made economic growth to be reduced by almost 3% in the past two years and it
also impacts the jobs of people and a lot more on the production process of companies to
work effectively.

One of the community members who wanted to remain anonymous said that the issue of the
electricity system is really a sad thing for him in a way that firstly electricity bill is very
expensive yet again the tariffs are very small, hence he gets annoyed by the load reductions
and which is why he decided to tamper with the meter boxes and some of the residents also
had done the same thing for over a decade.

So Eskom had to announce that if the household is to be found with a tampered electricity
meter has to be found guilty and they will have to compensate for their electrical billing and
have to investigate knowing that the person has been paying up accordingly. This has made
people who have tampered with the electricity meter go to their local Eskom offices to their
new meter boxes system and those who have not been able to pay their electric bills will be
penalized for their actions.

The issue of electricity crisis is such a problematic factor in most townships but what I think
needs to be done is that the energy sector needs to reduce their tariffs and make
sustainable energy development.