Lita Jacobson of the Paulshof Hill Resident’s Association working group believed that the overgrown Eskom servitude and a broken fence caused by a reversing Eskom tractor, were the causes of the break-ins on Hluhluwe Road.
She said, “The perpetrators gained easy access to the back perimeter of the property through the Eskom servitude and escaped the same way because the bushes and tree off-cuts are right up against the wall.”
At the beginning of the new year the fence was still not repaired and Jacobson feared that there would be a repeat of last year’s criminal activities in the area.
According to Eskom it had repaired the broken fence, cleared the servitude, and disposed of branches and shrubs that may provide hiding places for criminals.
Eskom will also replace the two broken slabs in the wall as soon as possible.
