Owners of apartment blocks are upset and confused after they were charged between R25 000 and R40 000 for electricity.
Ms Estelle Swart, DA councillor, said the apartment blocks in Secunda and Evander have pre-paid electricity meters, but municipal workers installed bulk meters outside these apartment blocks in March.
Some of the owners have been billed since March for pre-paid electricity.
Read the complete story in the Ridge Times newspaper on our website here.
The Ridge Times contacted the Govan Mbeki Municipal manager, Mr Thisha Mhlanga, for comment, but he did not reply at the time of going to press.
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