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Eskom connects 40 000 KwaZulu-Natal households to grid in under a year

6th March 2017

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

     

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State-owned Eskom has electrified over 40 000 households in KwaZulu-Natal between April 2016 and February this year, including more than 13 000 connections in the uMkhanyakude district.

“With this achievement, the historic label of KwaZulu-Natal being one of the least electrified provinces is slowly but surely disappearing and changing for the better,” Eskom Distribution group executive Mongezi Ntsokolo said.

Over 90% of South African households currently have access to electricity, with the parastatal aspiring to achieve universal access by 2020. The National Treasury has allocated R1-billion for the electrification of over 800 000 households over the next three years to help reach this target.

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Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
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