City Power, South Africa’s electricity distributor, has carried out another disconnection operation in an effort to recover outstanding payments from government hospitals and businesses with massive debts. Government hospitals Helen Joseph and Rahima Moosa, who have debts totaling over R30 million, were among those targeted. City Power has urged customers to settle their bills to avoid disconnections.
South Africa ranks 69th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index. Corruption in government institutions is a pervasive problem that undermines public trust and diverts resources from important public services. The Gauteng MEC’s celebration of the arrest of a corrupt official is a small but significant step towards combating corruption in the country.
