History was made last week when Collins Chabane Municipality received a draft licence from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to distribute electricity. The Vhembe-based municipality will be allowed to generate power from solar plants and sell it to certain communities.
In the Vhembe District, only the Makhado and Musina municipalities are currently registered to redistribute electricity. Both buy power in bulk from Eskom and resell it through their own infrastructur...