Electricity meter fraud: We're upgrading software to identify 'non-vending' meters, says SALGA

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Electricity meter fraud: We're upgrading software to identify 'non-vending' meters, says SALGA
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The Money Show interviews Silas Mulaudzi, sustainable energy expert at the South African Local Government Association.

The South African Local Government Association has acknowledged there is a problem with so-called 'non-vending' prepaid electricity meters across the country.

Mulaudzi says they're busy implementing a programme to upgrade the software in these meters in different municipalities country-wide."This process of upgrading software in prepaid meters will enable us to identify those that are called non-vending..."Having a non-vending electricity meter doesn't necessarily mean that the household is stealing electricity through bypassing their meter or buying credits from non-authorised vendors.

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