City Power worker nabbed for allegedly asking for reconnection bribe | The Citizen

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Customer locks City Power employee in the business premises and calls the police after the employee allegedly tried to solicit a bribe.

A City Power employee appeared in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on Monday after allegedly demanding R780 to reconnect a customer’s electricity.

After fiddling with the electricity meter box, he allegedly demanded payment of R780, as a reconnection fee.The quick-thinking customer locked the employee in the business premises and called the police. “He allegedly confessed that he was not authorised to do an audit on the customer’s meter, as he didn’t have a job card. He was arrested and booked at Jeppe Police station for the weekend.”

 

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