What does the evidence show?
The Auditor-General's accepted level is 7% to 10%, and 32% is more than three times the top of it.
Verified means an official record, or two major news outlets, show it is true.
Buffalo City lost 32% of the electricity it bought in 2024-25, worth R831.43 million.
Council record
32%
of the electricity Buffalo City bought in 2024-25 was lost, worth R831.43 million, the Auditor-General found.
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