What does the evidence show?
Ekurhuleni bought the lost power but never sold it, a loss the Auditor-General called big enough to matter.
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Ekurhuleni lost 15.5% of the electricity it bought in 2024-25, worth R3.07 billion.
Council record
15.5%
of the electricity Ekurhuleni bought in 2024-25 was lost, worth R3.07 billion, the Auditor-General found.
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