Mogale City Local Municipality urges Munsieville residents to be cautious as illegal connections now carry a much higher voltage and are extremely dangerous.

This comes after the overhead line switch was burnt out by illegal power connections and now poses an electrocution risk.

“The risk of electrocution in Munsieville is now greatly increased. We plead with the community not to handle electrical wires that form illegal connections,” Mayor Lynn Pannall said in a press statement.

Mogale City spokesperson, Nkosana Zali said illegal connections are made repeatedly by tripping the Munsieville substation. This causes an ongoing breaking strain on the substation trip switch, which has now failed and burned out.

“Illegal power connections in Munsieville caused the burnout of a sectionaliser switch, which poses an increased electrocution risk from all exposed illegal wires,” Zali said.

He further states that replacing this part will cost the city close to R350 000 and the part must be procured due to the unforeseen failure and burnout.

“Our pledge to the people of Mogale is that we want to better living conditions for all residents and proper electricity connections are key,” Pannall concluded.

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