In Cape Town the Municipality buys energy from the inhabitants. Between 2022 and 2023 private individuals earned a total of 25.8 million rands (approximately) from this trade.
initiative is part of the city's commitment to reduce dependence on Eskom. Hill-Lewis, the first mayor in South Africa to implement the policy, said residents and businesses will play a "crucial role" in helping the city end the electricity blackouts that have plagued the whole of South Africa since 2008.