South Africans who have not yet recoded or updated their prepaid meters have less than 48 hours to do so. This will mean the prepaid meters will stop dispensing electricity after the existing credit is used up, thus making the meter inactive. Eskom stated that all prepaid meters must be recorded, whether you are an Eskom customer or a municipally supplied customer. To check whether your prepaid electricity meter has been recoded/upgraded to KRN2 or is still on KRN1, please enter the code 1844 6744 0738 4377 2416 on your prepaid meter’s keypad. Remember to recode your electricity meter before 24 NovemberCity of Cape Town prepaid customers are safe as meter updates have been completedIn Cape Town, the City of Cape Town prepaid electricity meter updates have been completed ahead of the National Prepaid Meter Software Update deadline, and City-supplied customers are not impacted by the deadline.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 22, 2024 15:48 UTC