With just a few days left before the cut-off day to upgrade prepaid electricity meters, Elizabeth Kunene, 62, had to sleep outside Eskom's offices in Zola, Soweto, on Monday night. 

Kunene was one of hundreds of people from Soweto who had to queue for long hours to have their prepaid meters upgraded ahead of the November 24 deadline. Prepaid meters consumers for both Eskom and City Power have until Sunday to upgrade their them for free or face the possibility of paying up to R12,000 for a replacement meter...