Nelson Mandela Bay’s council gets tough with defaulters who owe R2bn
Account defaulters should brace themselves for power cuts as the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality applies stricter measures to get residents and businesses to pay. The municipality desperately needs to recoup the R2bn outstanding to fund services. On Tuesday‚ the city announced its decision to cut off the electricity supply of account holders like households‚ companies and government departments if they did not pay their bills within 45 days. Prepaid account holders will be blocked from buying more electricity until their accounts have been paid. The new system means everyone will have 30 days to settle bills and a further 15 days before the city takes action. On Monday night‚ the municipality blocked 3 400 prepaid meters on which altogether R17.5m was owed. Among the biggest defaulters are big companies and government deparments that owe millions. About 15 companies embroiled in a legal battle with the National Energy Regulator of SA and the municipality owe the metro about R220m. T...
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