As of 24 November 2024, a new series of electricity vending codes will be introduced to all meters in South Africa. This change will ensure that the meters key change code does not expire and as a result, South Africans have been tasked with recoding their meters, Cape town Etc reports.
In a media statement released by the establishment, Eskom has informed customers, who make use of the prepaid meters, that from the 24 November onwards, the usage of the current vending codes of meters, will expire.
Once the meters have expired, new credit tokens will not be accepted and as a consequence, the meters will be unable to dispense electricity once the existing credit has been depleted.
Each credit token has a unique token identifier which is encoded in 20 digits and contributes to the prevention of token replay at meters. These credit tokens reference a base date of 1993 and are set to run out of range on 24 November 2024 and as of this date, the prepaid meters will no longer accept new tokens.
Thereby, if your meter has not been recoded, it will not accept credit tokens purchased and it will no longer be functional.
