{"id":45105,"date":"2024-08-27T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/lavender-hill-residents-protest-high-electricity-tariffs-demand-fair-treatment-20240827\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:52:19","slug":"lavender-hill-residents-protest-high-electricity-tariffs-demand-fair-treatment-20240827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/lavender-hill-residents-protest-high-electricity-tariffs-demand-fair-treatment-20240827\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavender Hill residents protest high electricity tariffs, demand fair treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lavender Hill residents are staging peaceful protests against rising electricity tariffs, which they believe are unfairly high due to alleged tampering accusations.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community members argue that the costs have become unbearable, particularly for pensioners and vulnerable households. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The City maintains that meter tampering is illegal and that the tariffs are necessary for sustaining electricity services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In protest against high electricity tariffs, Lavender Hill residents are taking to the streets in peaceful demonstrations to have their voices heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests, which are planned to continue throughout the week, were decided at a community meeting on Wednesday 21 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organiser of the event, Mark Schrikker from the 7945 Action Group, said people are suffering with high electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElectricity is sky high and our people are suffering,\u201d said Schrikker. \u201cThere are pensioners with their R2 100 who have electricity bills of R1 500 to R2 000 a month. Where is their money for food? What about the people who have the bare minimum?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/vandals-leave-residents-in-the-dark-20240527\" target=\"_blank\">Egoli informal settlement residents endure three weeks without electricity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since last week, members of the 7945 Action Group have barred City contractors from installing or replacing any electricity meter boxes in the area as the rise in tariffs apparently stems from the change in meter boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a perception that what we are doing is illegal but it is not true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ef6d674b\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cWhat the City is doing is illegal, by adding a R300 levy to our electricity for illegal connections,\u201d <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>said Schrikker. \u201cNo bakkies will be allowed in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tampering-accusations\">Tampering accusations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Apostle Dorothy Soetwater (59), a Lavender Hill community leader on a disability grant, tells the <em>People\u2019s Post<\/em> that she is waiting for the City to prove that there was tampering on her meter box, which she disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you buy R100 electricity, you only receive R50 worth. They were supposed to come back to me and show me where we tampered with the electricity,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are really struggling. My sister is a pensioner and I am on disability. If we buy R50 electricity today and then it is on zero again the next day. We can\u2019t survive. I want answers. We can\u2019t work for lights only.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Fatima Klein, whose mother is a pensioner, claims the City forced them to install a new electricity meter, which pushed up their electricity costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe used to purchase R120 to R150 electricity and it would last a week. It has now gone up to using R150 a day,\u201d said Klein. \u201cWe called our councillor and she said we had to give the City access to our electricity box and since then, we have been paying so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f4f26d55\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12144\/591832ceee474996a23df3d1adb26440.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6f021414820f4afe930a408659e3998e.jpg\" title=\"Lavender Hill residents expressed their frustration of high electricity tariffs at a community meeting last week. PHOTO: Natasha Bezuidenhout\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Lavender Hill residents expressed their frustration of high electricity tariffs at a community meeting last week. PHOTO: Natasha Bezuidenhout<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She claims the City warned residents that their electricity would simply be cut if they didn\u2019t have their meter boxes replaced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA letter from the City said if they don\u2019t have access to the property, they will simply disconnect electricity,\u201d said Klein. \u201cThere is a lady that has been without electricity for three months because she refused. Who can afford R150 electricity a day when people can\u2019t afford bread.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/explosion-cause-electricity-outage-in-observatory-20240605\" target=\"_blank\">Explosion causes electricity outage in Observatory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to resident Nasmie Jacobs, the City is accusing every resident of tampering with meter boxes, which is apparently not the case. \u201cI contacted the Subcouncil manager and they sent us an email to say we had a faulty meter box,\u201d he said. \u201cSo why are they penalising people for something they did not do and how do they come to the conclusion that you have tampered with the box? They are charging us for tampering when we never did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are charging us for tampering when we never did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City says it owns all the meters and the law requires that all households with its meters must give contractors reasonable access to check on suspected faulty meters or check irregular power usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meter-tampering\">Meter tampering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mayco member for Energy Xanthea Limberg, there are currently more than 12 000 meters that have been established as having been tampered with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_6905820a\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cIt is simply illegal and not sustainable for the City as income is essential to enable the City to provide these electricity services,\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn addition, we have extensive subsidies already available to qualifying residents to help struggling households.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meter tampering occurs when a person interferes with the City\u2019s electricity meter equipment to pay less for electricity or not at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThorough tampering investigations take place on an ongoing basis,\u201d said Limberg. \u201cWhen evidence of tampering is found, the City conducts a full investigation, which includes examining the resident\u2019s electricity usage and purchase history, in detail, over a number of years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Limberg added that there has been a notable rise in prepaid meter tampering due to the growing cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is our view that these incidents are linked to the growing cost of living crisis driven by unaffordable and unreasonable electricity tariff hikes proposed by Eskom and approved by the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) over the years,\u201d said Limberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApart from offering subsidised electricity 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