Residents of a village in the Eastern Cape requested Eskom to give them a deadline to upgrade their electricity meter box as they didn't know about the upgrades.
Residents of a village in the Eastern Cape complained that they were left in the dark about upgrading their meter boxes
the country has less than two days left to upgrade its meters, and the Ngqeleni residents said they did not knowcurrent affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and heritage in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News..
Some say that although they have upgraded the electricity meter box, they have experienced difficulties loading the electricity token. A resident who uses a card to purchase electricity said Eskom must explain why they cannot load electricity, as they are in the dark. Another resident asked to extend the deadline to 10 or 15 December."SABC News, you gave us a number to dial. I used it, and it's simple. No need to go to Eskom offices to stand in a long queue.
"Yes, because we don't have money to travel to town all the time. You go and find a long line. Please do a door-to-door campaign." The entity added that just over 1000 people were still reluctant to upgrade and were unwilling to admit City Power technicians on their premises to assist.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.
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