The city council of Pretoria wants to replace 13,000 controversial electric meters, and for that they apparently have only four months to do.
The 13,000 prepaid meters have to be replaced by a court decision since the council has entered into an invalid contract and the so called meter is also believed to be illegal devices.
Many workers now have to move through certain areas’ as well as building buildings to find out if the meters in the buildings are legal, as the PEU Capital Partners meters are not valid.
This means that the multi-billion daily payments made by the city to PEU in terms of the contract which are considered unfordable, will also come to an end.
There is uncertainty that is responsible for the cost of replacing the meters, and whether it is the innocent consumer who has to pay for it.
The original article can be read in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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