Around 8 million households in South Africa qualify for free basic electricity (FBE) but are not receiving it, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says. As a long-standing government policy, FBE provides 50 to 60kWh of electricity per month to households that are classified as indigent or low-income. Households lose out on free basic electricityIn an interview with Newzroon Afrika on Monday (15 September), Marokane said 10 million households across the country are classified as indigent. “Only 2 million of those are actually receiving it, so there is a gap of some 8 million households that are not receiving the free basic electricity that is allocated to them. Eskom Group Chief Executive, Dan Marokane, says there are about 10 million households that have been classified as indigent and are eligible to receive free basic electricity.