On the weekend of October 25, a vehicle reportedly ploughed into an electrical box in front of a local panel beating business on Jan Moolman Street, Industrial.
The box was destroyed and live wires were left exposed.
Leon van der Berg, the owner of Provincial Panel Beaters told the Vryheid Herald he and his workers had witnessed children near the damaged electrical box and fear one of them may be killed.
He has since covered the box and exposed cabling with an old bag.
Van den Berg said he reported the incident to AbaQulusi Municipality, explaining the severity and urgency of the situation, but at the time of going to print no repairs had been conducted.
He was also currently battling with low electrical supply to his workshop.
Van den Berg claimed the supply of power to that part of the industrial area was ‘too low’ and addressed this in a letter to municipal leadership in September.
This letter has allegedly not been responded to either.
In the correspondence, Van der Berg explained he had to retrench two of his workers after breaching several contracts due to ‘service delivery turnaround times’.
He claimed this was a direct result of either low or non-existent power supply.
The Vryheid Herald contacted the municipality’s Engineering Department for response on both the damaged electrical box and alleged low power, and at the time of going to print officials had failed to provide response.
The Herald also contacted Ward Councillor, Magda Viktor.
She was made aware of the present situation and stated she would conduct a site inspection as soon as possible, with the aim to have the problem resolved.

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