Another truck torched in Steelpoort
In one meeting that Steelburger/Lydenburg News attended, the GTM representatives promised the residents that they were engaging with local mines to help them ensure that the Masha and Kutollo areas were electrified.
STEELPOORT – The trend of blocking roads in Tubatse has resumed again. Recently the communities of Kutollo and Ga Masha blockaded the R555 and the steel bridge that leads to Jane Furse, demanding electricity.
Residents intercepted a Marble Stone company’s truck and set it alight. They used it to blockade the bridge.
Schoolchildren writing their exams and workers, mostly from the local mines, were left stranded with no transport.
According to the residents, the Greater Tubatse Municipality (GTM) promised them electricity in December last year and to this day nothing had been done.
“They promised to electrify our houses last year, but still today we are still waiting in vain. They delivered the poles but they took them back. We don’t
think we will ever have electricity,” one angry protester said.
Previously, the residents organised several meetings with the GTM without reaching an agreement.
In one meeting that Steelburger/Lydenburg News attended, the GTM representatives promised the residents that they were engaging with local mines to help them ensure that the Masha and Kutollo areas were electrified.
The villagers said they would continue to block the roads to vent their frustration. “We think they will understand if we block the roads, we arranged a meeting with the two mayors, Mr Ralepane Mamekoa of GTM and Mr David Magabe of Sekhukhune District Municipality (SDM), but they always claim to be in meetings when we visit their offices.
“GTM spokesman, Mr Thabiso Mokoena was not available for comment at the time of going to print.”
