Govan Mbeki Municipality are concerned over people who are at risk of electrocution due to illegal connections‚ meter bypassing or tampering to electricity infrastructure.
Council said many power outages are caused by overloading, which is the result of illegal connections and non-payment.
Mr Bheki Kubheka, head of Communication and Marketing, said the power frequently goes out at about the same time on cold winter nights.
“The network overloads, because too many people are trying to use a network that was designed for one household per stand.
“Residents who are not paying their electricity bill, tend to be wasteful in the way they use it.
“Not only are illegal connections dangerous‚ but they can cause transformers to explode and may take hours or days to be repaired.
“Innocent lives are lost as a consequence of illegal connections.”
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