Longing for power

摘要

On Tuesday 24 May at about 12h30 the electricity in my home went off. Then there was a knock at the door. There stood a City Power contractor who had just disconnected our supply and activated a prepaid meter. He handed us a plastic card for use when we bought electricity from City Power and advised us to do it without delay, as he was only allowed to load five kWh on our meter.