Phola Park residents demand power for all
Phola Park residents have been complaining for about three months about the electricity cuts and the non-functioning of electrical transformers in the area which leaves many households without electricity.
PHOLA PARK – On Wednesday, August 19, the residents decided to take action to show their anger towards the ward councillor and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM).
Many of the residents said they were fed up with the power cuts in the area as it effects their daily lives. To reflect their anger for not being listened to, residents barricaded the M7 road with stones and burning tyres.
Residents demanded to speak to the ward councillor, Robert Pienaar, who arrived at the scene and addressed the angry residents. He arrived with a technician from the department of electricity.
“We are in a process of changing the faulty transformers but the main problem here is the illegal connections made by the residents in one area. Our technicians have started immediately to work on and repair the faulty equipment,” said Clr Pienaar.
By the end of the day the M7 was clear and several reconnections had been made. Clr Pienaar later reported that only about 40 houses still needed to be attended to by the electricity department and that this would commence by Thursday, August 20.
