Municipal detail checked 2026-08-22Next review 2027-02-22Fees and forms read from the City of Tshwane
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Options for Moving to Gezina
Moving into Gezina involves the same sequence as moving anywhere in the City of Tshwane, and the part that catches people out is almost never the removal van. It is the municipal account: two separate transactions, one at the address you are leaving and one at the address you are arriving at, each with its own form.
The City publishes four different service forms — open and close, household and business — and they are not interchangeable. Closing the old account is the one most often forgotten, and it is the one that keeps billing you.
There is a gap worth knowing about before you start. The City’s own New Account page, the one that should set out what you need, was published as “Under Construction” when this page was checked on 2026-08-22. The requirements are not written up there. What does exist is the forms page and the connection pages, and this page pulls the practical detail out of those.
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Close the account at the address you are leaving
Using the City’s Services Cancellation Household form, or the business equivalent. Do this on a date you choose rather than discovering months later that the account followed you. Take a final meter reading and keep it.
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Open the account at the new address
Using the Application form for Residential Electricity and Water Supply. Both forms are downloaded from the City’s Open or Close Account page.
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Check first whether the City actually supplies your street
This is the step that saves a wasted trip. Some addresses inside the Tshwane municipal boundary are supplied by Eskom, not the City, and the City states plainly that those customers cannot apply to it for a new supply or a prepaid meter. They deal with Eskom directly on 08600 375 66.
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Sort the connection only once the account exists
A new electricity connection is a separate application from the account, with its own documents and its own published fee. If the property already has a working supply and you are simply taking it over, you need the account, not a new connection.
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Then the ordinary things
A refuse bin, a water meter reading, fibre, schools. Those are the parts most guides start with, and they are the parts that can wait a week without costing you anything.
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Browse by Need or Category
The specific pieces of a move, each on its own page.
Moving house checklist South Africa
The full sequence in order, from notice periods to the final meter reading.
Fibre availability Gezina
Which networks reach which streets, and what to check before you sign a lease.
Moving boxes Pretoria
Where to buy or hire boxes and packing material locally.
Is Gezina safe
What the available crime statistics do and do not tell you about the area.
Schools in Gezina
Worth settling before you commit to an address, because it constrains the address.
Property in Gezina
Buying or renting, with the bond and transfer-cost calculators.
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Compare Local Options
People weighing up Gezina are usually weighing it against one of its neighbours rather than against Pretoria as a whole. The comparisons below set out what differs between them — housing stock, distances, the practical trade-offs — without telling you which one to pick, because that depends on things this site does not know about you.
Gezina vs Rietfontein
Two adjacent Moot suburbs, compared on what actually differs.
Gezina vs Riviera
Closer to the city centre, and what that changes.
Gezina vs Wonderboom South
Further north, and the trade-offs that come with it.
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Prices, Hours and Practical Details
The City of Tshwane publishes these figures. They were read on 2026-08-22 and every one excludes VAT.
| New electricity connection | Published fee |
|---|---|
| Single-phase conventional or credit meterThe ordinary residential case | R1 649,30 |
| Three-phase credit meterLarger supply | R2 390,36 |
| Single-phase temporary builder’s connectionPublished as a range | R6 430,91 – R7 043,38 |
| Three-phase temporary builder’s connectionPublished as a range | R10 386,53 – R11 375,73 |
All four figures are the City’s own, for a standard connection, and all exclude VAT. A standard connection is one where a cable is already laid to the boundary of the property specifically to supply it. A non-standard connection is priced differently, on the capacity required, and no single figure is published for it. The City also notes that the time a connection takes depends on the availability of meters.
What the City asks you to bring
- 01The applicant’s identity document
- 02Proof of ownership — the applicant must be the owner
- 03Authorisation from the owner or landlord, if you are not the owner
- 04A certificate of compliance, for prepaid connections
- 05The electricity application form
- 06Registration details of the contractor, or an accredited certificate from the Department of Employment and Labour
- 07An account statement from the City, obtained by registering on e-Tshwane
Item 06 is worth pausing on. The City requires the details of a registered electrical contractor as part of the application, which means the contractor you use has to actually hold that registration. It is the same registration a certificate of compliance depends on, and it is checkable before you hire rather than after.
Where applications are handled. The City runs this by region, from an electricity depot rather than a general municipal office.
| Region | Where | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Regions 1 and 2 | Room A1-53, Rosslyn Electricity Depot, cnr Doreen Avenue and Van Niekerk Street, Rosslyn | 012 358 5401 |
| Region 3 | Room A104, 1st Floor, Prince’s Park Depot, 1 Nana Sita Street, Pretoria CBD | 012 358 9443 |
| Region 4 | Block J, Centurion Depot, cnr Basden Avenue and Rabie Street, Die Hoewes | 012 358 3554 |
| Regions 5, 6 and 7 | Room 91, Ground Floor, Waltloo Depot, 1 Mundt Street, Waltloo | 012 358 9584 |
This page does not tell you which region your Gezina address falls in, and that is now a checked statement rather than caution: all seven of the City’s region pages were read on 2026-08-22 and none of them names Gezina. Region 3 describes itself as the CBD, Brooklyn, Hatfield and Pretoria West; Region 2 describes Montana, Annlin, Sinoville, Doornpoort and Wonderboom. Gezina sits between those descriptions and is claimed by neither. Confirm your region on 012 358 9999 or against the City’s own Regional Offices pages before travelling.
Where these figures come from, and what they are not
Every fee, document and address above was read from the City of Tshwane’s own pages on 2026-08-22: the Open or Close Account page and the New Electricity Connection page. Nothing here is quoted from a moving company, a directory or a search summary.
Municipal tariffs are revised annually and this page is not the City. If you are reading it well after the date at the top, check the figure against the source before you budget on it. This page also gives no legal or financial advice about a move, and it makes no claim about how safe the suburb is or is not.
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Choose Your Next Step
Depending on how far along you are.
Moving house checklist South Africa
If the move is decided and you need the order of operations.
Property in Gezina
If you are still choosing an address, and want to know what it costs.
Fibre availability Gezina
If working from home means the line matters more than the kitchen.
Gezina
If you are still deciding whether the suburb suits you at all.