State-owned power utility Eskom is once again urging all prepaid electricity customers to update their meters immediately to avoid an unexpected loss of electricity after the deadline of November 24.

A prepaid electricity meter and an electricity mains unit. Picture: @CityofCT/X CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG - Electricity users have until this Sunday to recode and update their pre-paid meters.

With over 2 million households still having to fulfil Eskom's Sunday deadline, scores of Soweto prepaid electricity users are irate after waiting for hours to upgrade their meters. The deadline to ...