Community members at the Bringa Ville squatter camp in Zone 21 told Eyewitness News that they pay R170 per month to keep their homes lit, via middlemen who make it happen.
PRETORIA - Using illegal electricity connections has become the only option to keep the lights on for hundreds of informal dwellers in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Pretoria.that they pay R170 per month to keep their homes lit, via middlemen who make it happen.
They said they are not ashamed of flouting the system, adding that their calls for government help have fallen on deaf ears.After protesting for better service delivery, Bringa Ville squatter camp residents decided to use what is known as"izinyoka" connections to light up their homes.
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