With Gauteng’s taps running dry, little attention has been paid to a potential electricity crisis looming over Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
A council report covering the period from April to June shows the City of Johannesburg lost a third of its electricity (R3-billion) to both theft and poor infrastructure in the 2013\/14 financial year.<\/p>\n
Figures from Eskom show Johannesburg accounts for over half of South Africa’s lost electricity.<\/p>\n
“Eskom loses over R2-billion annually to electricity theft. The loss suffered by the country as a whole when including municipalities is at least double that[R4-billion],” Eskom said on Friday.<\/p>\n
And the problem is worsening as City Power is unable to contain the runaway losses, according to the report…..<\/p>\n
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