AfriForum launches alarm system project for substations in Standerton
Local security companies namely Janson Security and Kasselman Security Services were respectively charged with installation and monitoring of the system.
As part of AfriForum’s #OurTown campaign, the Standerton branch launched a project to secure substations in and around this town with an alarm system.
According to a recent statement, this follows the vandalising of substations during load-shedding for several months.
Lekwa municipality welcomed their initiative and permitted the installation of the system.
Local security companies, Janson Security and Kasselman Security Services were respectively charged with installation and monitoring of the system.
Altogether two substations have been secured so far. According to Leon Enslin, chairperson of AfriForum’s Standerton branch, plans are already being made to extend this security to other substations.
“As soon as funds are available, the expansion will be done,” Enslin said.
“Standerton has long suffered because of substation vandalism. This criminal act also means the power supply to institutions that must provide essential services is not only faced with load-shedding, but that supply is even further negatively affected We cannot simply look on while this continues.”
Enslin said the installation of the alarm system is just one of the ways the community can take ownership of their environment and tackle problems themselves. Visit www.wordlid.co.za for more information.
The Standerton Advertiser has reported on the incidents of electrocution at substations in the past and in one such situation in the industrial area.
This follows an attempt made in August last year to steal cables. The deceased was identified by a family member.
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Kasselman Security Services and police were on the scene. The exposed transformer of 11000 KVA near the intersection of Artissa Street and Mill Street was evident.
After copper thieves broke into the mini-substation in Walter Sisulu Drive in April of the same year, vandalising it, a business in town made the repairs.
The newspaper also reported on an attempt to steal cables in Vry Street in the past, as well as an explosion at the mini-sub in Princess Street.
Lekwa urged the community to report cable theft at the nearest police station, saying this cost them millions of rands to replace.
