{
  "id": 4837830,
  "title": "Eskom’s R30bn profit can’t outrun R6bn electricity theft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/eskoms-r30bn-profit-cant-outrun-r6bn-electricity-theft",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ITWeb",
    "slug": "itweb",
    "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/article/eskoms-r30bn-profit-cant-outrun-r6bn-electricity-theft/nWJadMbN3agMbjO1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eskom fell short on smart meter rollout as electricity theft, tampering and a hacked vending system cost it R6.6 billion.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}