City Power disconnected 120 new prepaid meters at a Joshco development in City Deep less than a week after doing the same in Kliptown
.City Power are investigating their staff and contractors after a surge in the illegal bypassing of prepaid meters.
Those caught with illegal connections were handed fines relative to the cost involved with repairing the type of connection tampered with in their unit.Users with single-phase connections received fines in the region of R14 000, while three-phase customers faced a fine of over R30 000.
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