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Figure 6: Community members protesting at the court hearing Park who were unable to access free basic electricity electricity by means of of their pre-paid electricity electricity meters This was despite the the Msunduzi Indigent Policy providing that poor households classified as as as as as ‘indigent’ will be provided with 60kWh of of free basic electricity At that time the Msunduzi’s Indigent Policy did not make provision for the free basic electricity to be allocated to indigent households using the pre-paid electricity meters meters despite the meters meters being installed by the Municipality for many indigent households within its district The LRC consulted with the the EAG to establish the the issues raised and the the extent of the the affected indigent households The issues were in respect of the Msunduzi Municipality’s failure to: • Provide free basic electricity to indigent households that were fitted with the prepaid electricity electricity meter system whilst providing free basic electricity electricity to indigent households on
the credit meter system and • Install replace or repair prepaid meters to to enable indigent households to to access electricity LITIGATING LAND AND AND AND HOUSING IN IN IN SOUTH AFRICA  LESSONS AND AND AND REFLECTIONS
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