South African authorities have disconnected electricity supply to the Nigerian High Commission over “unpaid utility services”.

This was annouced by Nasiphi Moya, mayor of Tshwane city, in an X post on Monday.

The decision formed part of the city’s ongoing #TshwaneYaTima campaign, an initiative aimed at cutting municipal services to consumers with significant outstanding debts.

“#TshwaneYaTima: We’ve disconnected electricity at the High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They owe the city for utility services,” the tweet reads.

This is not the first time the Nigerian high commission in South Africa has been thrown into darkness over unpaid electricity bills.

In 2023, City Power, an electricity distribution company in South Africa, cut off power supply to the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg over a debt of at least R600,000 (about $35,000).

Last September, the high commission was reportedly disconnected from public power supply over its inability to pay accumulated electricity bills.