Johannesburg – As a part of the Hursthill Service Delivery Centre (SDC) marketing campaign to get well greater than R1.5 billion, City Power has disconnected the electrical energy provide to non-paying clients, together with one whose arrears exceeded two million rand.
Commenting on the disconnection of defaulting clients, City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena, on Saturday, 5 July 2025, revealed that: “Among essentially the most notable was a residential property on Grange Street in Hursthill”.
Mangena stated the property, which operates as a spaza store and rental unit, “was disconnected for arrears exceeding R2 million, following repeated obstruction of meter audits”.
He stated the shopper’s account was additionally in arrears with different municipal entities, leading to a stage 2 disconnection.
In the identical suburb, two further disconnections had been accomplished on St. Ermins and Threadneedle streets for mixed money owed of practically R700 000.
“The buyer on St. Ermins was discovered to have bypassed the electrical energy meter, whereas the Threadneedle property had beforehand blocked City Power technicians for meter audits,” defined Mangena.
“Both clients had been subjected to Level 3 disconnections, according to our enforcement measures.
“City Power reiterates that meter tampering is against the law and harmful, and should result in prosecution, disconnection, and confiscation {of electrical} gear.”
Mangena stated in Auckland Park, a hijacked property owing over R1.7 million had no authorized municipal connection, whereas one other defaulting account on Ditton Road owed practically R850 000.
He stated the intensified income assortment drive was not nearly recovering funds, however about restoring the utility’s capability to ship constant, high quality companies to clients.
The Hursthill SDC provides electrical energy to 46,141 clients throughout 11 wards, with 19,880 on postpaid and 26,033 on pay as you go plans.
It additionally serves 228 Large Power Users (LPUs).
Mangena stated City Power “efficiently performed” the focused income assortment operation in Hursthill, Auckland Park, and Northcliff on Friday, 4 July 2025.
“The motion marked the launch of a weekly marketing campaign to get well R1.6 billion in unpaid electrical energy payments owed to the Hursthill Service Delivery Centre (SDC) by defaulting residential and enterprise clients,” Mangena stated.
Commenting on the marketing campaign, Malcolm de Lange, General Manager at Hursthill SDC stated: “This renewed effort not solely targets excellent debt but in addition strengthens our potential to reinvest in essential infrastructure upgrades and enhance provide reliability for all clients inside its provide areas.
“We will proceed our efforts to recoup R1.6 billion in electrical energy debt.
“Therefore, sending a agency message to defaulting clients who threat disconnection.”
Dde Lange added: “We name on our residential and enterprise clients to do the best factor and pay for the companies they use and go to the SDCs to replace their accounts and make fee preparations.”
