Each day without fail the residents of Delville are left without power for several hours.
This is according to several residents in the area.
“Since the start of lockdown we’ve had more power outages than the power has been on,” said a resident, who would like to remain anonymous.
“It is becoming frustrating.
“Calling the metro’s call centre is of no help whatsoever, and if you go to the metro’s offices you are turned away.
“It seems as if nobody knows what is happening in the Delville area, and the excuse we are always given is that it’s a cable fault.
“I am no qualified electrician, but logic tells me that there’s more to this story.”
Sune De Wet said, “For the last week every single day we are left without power.
“How are we meant to live and work from home without power, how are we supposed to live like this?
“The metro does not give us proper answers. If you get through to their call centre you are never given a turnaround time and it is always a cable fault.
“Are the technicians not capable of fixing the fault once and for all?”
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Ward 39 councillor Alta de Beer said the outages are being caused by illegal electricity connections.
“These illegal electricity connections overload the network and cause the outages,” de Beer said.
“The community must stand up against illegal connections and overpopulated properties, which are the cause of the strain on the network.
“Residents must also report illegal electricity connections to the metro.”
The GCN sent a query to the metro to confirm de Beer’s statements and to find out what the metro is doing to address the ongoing outages and the illegal connections in the area.
The metro’s spokesperson Themba Gadebe confirmed that the grid in the area is overloaded.
“It is true that we are experiencing overloading during during peak hours due to illegal connections, cable damage, equipment damage and the increased demand as many residents are home during the Covid-19 lockdown,” he said.
“We are currently conducting illegal cable and installation removals with the help of a security provider.
“We are also installing new cables to replace damaged cables and repairing vandalised and damaged equipment in the area.
“The situation will improve once the number of illegal connections has been reduced.”
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