From a Reuters report in IndependentOnline.

Zodwa Madiba has not paid an electricity bill in 14 years and is resolute she never will, holding the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to vague promises made in the dying days of apartheid to provide free electricity to all South Africans.

Such defiance is widespread in the sprawling township of Soweto, crucible of the anti-apartheid struggle and home to 1.5 million people who, between them, owe state power utility Eskom 3.6 billion rand ($329 million US) in unpaid bills.

Although the sum is dwarfed by the 225 billion rand ($205.3 billion) revenue shortfall Eskom says it faces over the next four-to-five years, it is important symbolically as the utility battles to raise money for new power stations needed to keep the lights on in Africa’s most advanced economy.

Eskom generates almost all the electricity in South Africa, and nearly half that produced in the whole the sub-Saharan region.

Read more at IndependentOnline.