Power restored in Maritz Street
Danie Coetzee, owner of Price and Pack in Elsburg, asks how the metro expects businesses to stay afloat with poor service delivery.
A local business owner was furious when his property was left without power for five days.
Danie Coetzee, owner of Price and Pack in Maritz Street in Elsburg, explained to the Germiston City News that the power supply to his business and four others in the street was interrupted recently.
“We have been without power for five days,” he said.
“This is having a negative impact on my business and my ability to keep my company’s doors open and the business operational.”
Despite daily calls to the metro, he claimed, nothing had been done and the business owners had been given no clear reason for the outage, or feedback as to when the power would be restored.
The GCN sent a query to the metro to find out what the cause of the outage was, when the power would be restored and why the businesses had been left without power for so long.
The metro’s spokesman, Themba Gadebe, responded to the query.
“The outage was caused by a stolen neutral switch at the sub-station, but this was repaired on the same day.
“After this an electrical fault was discovered at Price and Pack in Maritz Street – this was established in conjunction with the complainant’s private electrician.
“Because the metro’s technicians couldn’t get access to the property for several days the power remained off,” he said.
The power was later restored and operation of the business returned to normal.
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