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East London metro unlawfully blocked ratepayer’s prepaid electricity supply — judge
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The Buffalo City Municipality lost a legal battle with one of its ratepayers after the high court ruled that it had failed to comply with its own by-laws.

The Buffalo City Municipality has lost a legal battle with one of its ratepayers after the high court ruled that it had failed to comply with its own by-laws by not serving a notice of its intention to block the property’s prepaid meter in the prescribed manner.

According to papers before the court, the Buffalo City Municipality blocked the prepaid meter to this house in August 2023. Sheriff officials had reported to the municipality that they had placed a copy of the notice in the house’s post box. In papers before the court, officials from the municipality stated: “During March 2023, the Municipality implemented a new distribution method and appointed the sheriff to deliver the pre-termination notices to consumers.

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