The City of Johannesburg has not been upfront on how it plans to divide residents into two groups for prepaif electricity tariffs. (Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images)
It is unclear what parameters the City of Joburg is going to use when it divides residents into two groups when paying for electricity for prepaid meters. If the City applies the exemption only to those households listed on the indigent register, thousands of poor households will be forced to pay the network charge, writes Tracy Ledger.
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