City of Joburg Vows To Continue To Crack Down On Illegal Water, Electricity Connections

PEARL RANTSEKENG|

THE City of Johannesburg has intensified its campaign to clamp down on illegal water and electricity connections, projected to be costing the metro over R5 billion per year.

City of Joburg MMC for Finance Jolidee Matongo recently led a high-powered team of senior city officials who visited four business sites around Johannesburg in an operation aimed at stopping revenue leakages and improve revenue collection to enhance service delivery.

The first stop for the team was at a site in Randburg, north of Johannesburg, which houses a petrol station and a fast-food outlet.

 According to the technician on site, the meter readings of the business site did not reflect the true nature of the business activities.

“It seems as if the meter is not registering consumption. What we now need to do is to establish where the fault lies and check whether the meter has also not been tempered