DA angry at Eskom’s failure to keep to load-shedding schedule
“Eskom has shown that they have little respect for the residents of Ekurhuleni by not providing them with an explanation for the prolonged power cuts.”
The DA in Ekurhuleni calls on the city manager, Dr Imogen Mashazi, to demand an urgent explanation of Eskom’s antics and bring a stop to the utility unilaterally shutting off the power without following their prescribed schedule.
This follows the implementation of level two load-shedding on Monday.
“In defiance of their own level two load-shedding schedule, the national power utility, Eskom, has cut power to a number of towns and suburbs in the City of Ekurhuleni causing a great deal of strife to residents and businesses alike,” said alderman Tanya Campbell, DA leader in Ekurhuleni.
“Since Eskom implemented level two load-shedding on Monday, towns such as Edenvale, Germiston, Bedfordview, Boksburg, Brakpan and Alberton experienced prolonged power outages that bared no resemblance to the existing level two load-shedding schedule.
“The reasons for this are unknown as they had not consulted with the City’s energy department, leaving councillors and officials clueless on how to respond to numerous questions and complaints from frustrated residents.
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“While South Africans are already being put through the inconvenience of load-shedding, residents of Ekurhuleni now have to contend with an unreliable and unpredictable power supply that follows no schedule during a particularly cold snap of weather that sweeps much of the province.”
Campbell stated the City’s ageing power infrastructure is already severely compromised by cable theft, as well as a lack of maintenance.
“The seemingly arbitrary switching on and off of power places additional strain on the infrastructure as surges have the potential to cause further damage to cables and substations thereby prolonging power outages,” she said.
“Eskom has shown that they have little respect for the residents of Ekurhuleni by not providing them with an explanation for the prolonged power cuts, which affords them little time or opportunity to prepare.”
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