Is South Africa set for another electricity shock? Reports suggest that prepaid electricity users are at risk of being left in the dark in 2024. If their meters aren’t updated, they will stop accepting new tokens. The current prepaid electricity voucher system used in the country is said to have run out of voucher sequences for the unique tokens produced specifically for each meter by the 24th of November 2024. The current Standard Transfer Specification (STS) system has been in place since 1993 and will stop dispensing voucher sequences at this date. For some clarity on this we are joined via Zoom by Conlog innovation and Design Executive and chairman of the STS association, Lance Hawkins-Dady.
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