In an attempt to recover revenue and in order to continue to provide essential services, City Power has threatened to switch off the lights at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital as well as Helen Joseph Hospital. Both hospitals were served with termination notices with the intention to cut their lights over a R32 million electricity bill to the City of Joburg's power supplier.

City Power has been conducting weekly operations targeting residential areas and businesses that haven't paid the power utility for years and owe them millions. Yesterday, the chief executive officers of both hospitals were served with pre-termination notices with Rahima Moosa's Dr Arthur Manning acknowledging R7 million debt. Helen Joseph Hospital was also served with a R23 million pre-termination notice for its debt.

The executives at the hospitals are said to have told City Power officials that they have already started with a process of clearing their debt. "City Power is concerned with the levels of non-payment from government institutions. Government properties across the city owe over half a billion Rand. We will be clamping down on these defaulters, as we intensify our revenue-collection drive," Mangena added that they were targeting 10 businesses and residential customers owing millions of rands in unpaid electricity bills. Some of the businesses that were disconnected during the operation is Telkom, which owes City Power over R2.9-million. It is shocking that the company has not made any payment for its electricity bill since 2021. Another business that was cut off is Ancient Oak Trade and Invest, which operates a pub in Melville owing over R1-million.