City tasks PI team to investigate illegal connection
The electricity department is determined to bring people who benefit from illegal electrical connections to book.
AN illegal electricity connection which is feeding electricity from a police in Cleveland Place into Cleveland Mansions in Glenwood, is under investigation by the city’s electricity department.
The illegal connection was spotted about two weeks agao by Glenwood resident, Wayne Grundy, who reported it to the eThekwini electricity department.
Grundy said he noticed the connection at pole number one on Cleveland Place and reported. Together with Save Our Berea, he made several attempts to contact ward councillor Themba Ncane, but had no response.
“I also informed the electrical tip-off line to no avail. This is dangerous, and it needs to be sorted out. It seems that almost two weeks have gone past and the problem has gotten worse. It looks like an elaborate system of bricks and pipes have been put over the illegal connection to make it harder to see. Maybe action will be taken this year,” he said.
However, Nathi Nkwanyana from the electricity department, confirmed the illegal connection was attended to on 27 February.
“We attend to illegal connections but unfortunately, in other instances they are reconnected back onto our system. This case has been forwarded to our Private Investigation team for further investigation and to make arrests,” he said.
Illegal dumping at Cleveland Mansions has also been reported to Durban Solid Waste after residents in Cleveland Place complained that it was and eyesore. “We will continue to investigate, and Wayne Grundy is monitoring and documenting this property. We will press DSW to take action against the owners,” said Cheryl Johnson from Save Our Berea.