City Power has partnered with the Department of Mineral Resources & Energy to roll out 15,000 solar geysers to needy homes in Johannesburg, including Soweto.The Department  will be supplying the City with the first batch of 15,000 solar geysers at no cost. MMC for Environment & Infrastructure Services, Michael Sun expressed excitement in that the promise that was made to residents will be kept. He said: “I am extremely proud of the progress made by City Power in proactively finding green energy solutions and keeping to the promises we have to our residents."

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Sun explained that the CEO of City Power,  Tshifularo Mashava, and her team are crafting a blueprint to start rolling this out to the neediest homes in the city of gold. City Power has vowed to  develop a criteria for the beneficiaries and prioritize orphanages, hospices, old age homes, and animal shelters. Sun said the implementation of the solar geyser project also creates an opportunity for Department of Mineral Resources & Energy to train City Power technicians, community-based electricians, and SMMEs and ensure that these opportunities be offered to the communities where the solar  geysers will be installed.  “We are also  determined to improve public lighting and safety in our communities. It’s under the veil of darkness that crime increases so as a matter of urgency City Power will be rolling out solar-powered high mass lighting in crime-prone areas,” said Sun. He said they will prioritise  Eldorado Park and areas like Soweto, Doornkop, and Orange farm where Eskom is the main supplier of electricity and load-shedding plunges these vulnerable communities into the darkness.