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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Tensions brewed in Diepkloof as hundreds of irate residents continued to queue outside the Eskom administration office to upgrade their prepaid meters.<\/p>\n

At least two million South Africans are yet to upgrade their prepaid meters, with Sunday’s deadline looming.<\/p>\n

The upgrade falls in line with a technical switch-over, which Eskom claims simply cannot be extended, meaning there is a risk that millions will be left in the dark, unable to load electricity tokens.<\/p>\n

However, if they thought the wait was long, they were in for another shocker as many said they were being informed they would be required to pay a monthly amount of R500 for the upgrade and an additional R350 to load electricity.<\/p>\n

Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa tried to quell tensions as he engaged the community on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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