Public doesn’t take wasted power lightly
The streetlights on Van Wijk street being left on during the day have raised concerns.
Community members and motorists noticed that the lights were on through daylight hours for several days.
Saving electricity has become a great concern to almost everyone, considering the challenges that Eskom has faced in the past months. Almost everyone experienced load-shedding.
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Joseph Ngala, City of Mbombela Local Municipality spokesman, said this might be due to a faulty day/night switch or maintenance done on that section during
the day.
“These two reasons could be the reason for the streetlights being on during the day. When they do maintenance, they have to switch the lights on while they are busy.”
He said it is the energy department’s responsibility to maintain streetlights.
“The lights are dependent on control circuits to automatically switch on or off during day and night times,” he said.
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Ngala said the municipality was not aware of the lights having been on.
He urged the public to report non- or malfunctioning streetlights to Fickson Maphanga on 013-759-2231 during working hours.
According to Ngala, Maphanga will send out maintenance staff to attend to the complaint.
