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Eskom lights up 100 000 more SA households 

Eskom has provided electricity to almost 100 000 more households on the grid in the second quarter of the 2016/17 financial year.

“We have achieved 101 067 connections, with 99 991 connections energised, which means that people are already using electricity against a target of 97 513 year-to-date,” Mongezi Ntsokolo, Group Executive for Eskom Distribution, said in a statement.

Ntsokolo added that at this rate, the power utility is gradually moving towards its target of 207 332 connections by the end of this financial year ending 31st March 2017.

“A special focus is on the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, in order to address backlogs, thus making life easier for our people,” he said.

“In February this year the National Treasury announced that it will allocate R17.6 billion to Eskom and municipalities for the rollout of the electrification programme to over 800 000 households over the next three year,” Eskom said.

A further 70 000 households will be connected through non-grid technologies like solar PVs.

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