The Mayor of Tshwane, Nasiphi Moya, is spearheading an aggressive initiative aimed at collecting millions in unpaid electricity bills from defaulting businesses across the metro.
On Wednesday, Moya and her small contingent disconnected a shopping centre in Mamelodi for owing over R1 million.
Continuing with the crackdown, the operation proceeded to Pretoria West, where a series of disconnections were implemented to encourage large corporations to settle their debts promptly.
This initiative is part of the city's ongoing commitment to maintaining high standards of service delivery for all residents.
Moya said in Pretoria West, businesses collectively owe an astonishing R3.2 million.
She noted that timely payments from businesses are crucial for sustaining infrastructure and services that the citizens rely on every day.
"We want to make sure service delivery is of a high standard. Therefore, customers must contact the city to make payments," she said.
Our second stop with #TshwaneYaTma was in Pretoria West collect to R3,280,792. 57 owed to the city. We encourage big businesses to ensure their accounts are consistently kept up to date. @CityTshwane pic.twitter.com/Gr7hrV1pqt
Moya highlighted the city's achievements, stating that they recently won a case against a big business.
As a testament to their efforts, she said the City was awarded the first prize at the SALGA Pitch Desk 2025, recognising its innovative approach to service delivery.
"We are still committed to reclaiming this city,'' she said.
Mmc community safety with operations yatima ,finance dept and electricians with TMPD Requesting customers to pay their accounts or face a disconnection. We want to make sure service delivery is off a high standard, therefore customer must contact the city to make payment pic.twitter.com/ecDGav7HG0
— mmc Community Safety ( Rambohannes (@Rambohannes) March 25, 2025
Meanwhile, the MMC for Community Safety, Alderman, Hannes Coetzee, conducted a separate operation where he targeted residential buildings in the CBD.
Coetzee said one of the buildings, which was previously disconnected, managed to connect through an illegal bypass.
"Now their bill is over R950,000," he said.
Coetzee said they always encourage residents to check their accounts and make payment arrangements,
"When people pay their accounts, we are able to run a clean City and give proper service delivery."
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