20 Jun 2011Over the past year Eskom has disconnected power from 10 000 illegal electricity consumers and recovered R6m from people guilty of illegal electricity connections.
On Friday the parastatal also withdrew a statement that farmers were the biggest culprits in terms of stealing electricity.
Earlier this year Eskom had said that farmers were responsible for large-scale electricity theft. This accusation caused large-scale discontent in the farming community.
http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Agribusiness/Eskom-softens-blow-on-farmers-20110619
