A plot in Grootvaly has been without electricity since Thursday.
According to residents living on the plot, a contractor told them the outage was caused by a power pylon that fell over in Nuffield and ripped the cables out of the ground.
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The residents rely on a borehole for water but this water can’t be pumped when there is no power.
“We are suffering here; we don’t have any water in which to bath and all the meat in the fridge has gone off,” said Francois de Jager.
Comment requested from the City of Ekurhuleni was not received at the time of publication.