Residents in some Johannesburg suburbs in South Africa will be able to connect to a new gas pipeline being built to serve MTN’s power station in Fairland, the Sunday Times has reported.
According to the report, the 8km Egoli Gas pipeline will cost R65 million, run from Robertville to Constantia Kloof, and will be finished by December 2014.
Suburbs that are within a kilometre of the pipeline will be able to connect to it.
The Sunday Times reported that MTN is already using gas to generate about 2 Megawatts (MW) of electric power at its Fairland campus.
With the new line, MTN’s generation capacity is set to increase to 10MW.
To connect to the gas pipeline, home owners will have to get accredited gas installers to lay the piping from the boundary of each property into the house.
Meanwhile in Nigeria, the company has issued a statement to inform the general public, especially their customers in Jos and Plateau State that their office in Jos was closed on Thursday July 10, 2014. The closure followed an ex parte court injunction taken against MTN by the Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS ) regarding a tax claim of N15 million allegedly owed as development levy.
MTN’s position is that it is not obliged to pay this amount and this position has received that affirmation of the Joint Tax Board.
However, while they work to vacate the court order and resolve the situation, they regret to inform their customers that their offices may remain closed to the public pending the determination of the suit.
This may ultimately cause some disruption to the quality of service offered to customers in Plateau State. And they sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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