Eskom connects more households to the grid

State-owned electricity provider Eskom has connected 47 402 more households across the Eastern Cape to the electricity grid during the financial year ended March 31, at a cost of R830-million. Further, in Mpumalanga, over 120 households in kaMajika near Hazyview received electricity in their area for the first time on March 31. The electrification of the area began in November 2016, with the dual aim of bringing electricity to the community and ridding the area of illegal connections.