Guilty until innocent

So I have s house with a great tenant. Single guy. Never a problem. After the April/May 2015 series of power outages, the prepaid meter, which has been working fine for years, stops working. Tamperproof seals are UNBROKEN. WE REPORT THE PROBLEM. City of Cape Town send out a techie. He says the meter was tampered with, and \fixes"it. Suddenly I get a R7000 fine!!!! And the tenant gets only half his Rand value in power"