Eskom reported that some of the schools that needed to be electrified were not on the Department of Education's database and were submitted by different individuals directly to Eskom. Vandalizing of the schools and clinics that were already connected was one of the major contributing factors to the backlogs. Eskom acknowledged that a lot still needed to be done in the province and it would need to work closely with the relevant Departments. They also indicated that there are concurrent projects that are being run by other service providers