Residents fuming after crackdown on illegal connections - How does SARPA deal with this?

“We don’t steal electricity. We’re taking it because our government has failed to deliver on its promises”, this is the general attitude of people living in the Kliptown area after illegal connections were removed from one of the informal settlements recently.

This kind of thinking is not confined to Kliptown alone as many citizens across the country feel the same way. This remains a huge challenge to Revenue Protection departments and for SARPA in particular. But during SARPA’s 2012 convention, we hope to meet some of these challenges.

The theme for this year’s convention is “Effective Revenue Recovery Solutions” and is hosted by Drakenstein Municipality on 12 & 13 July 2012.

Contact Marlindi at marlindi@vdw.co.za for more on the convention.