NATIONAL NEWS - Although Eskom is ready to resume with operations to replace failed transformers in Ivory Park due to illegal connections and meter bypasses, resulting in network overloading, the community has prevented the entity to do so.
In a statement issued on Wednesday morning, Motlhabane Ramashi, operations and maintenance senior manager in the Gauteng Operating Unit, said Eskom met with Ivory Park councillors, officials from the City of Joburg and the taxi association on August 1 in an effort to enable Eskom technicians to work safely in the area.
However, the meeting collapsed as there was no agreement reached on the process to engage the community.
“We would like to urge the community of Ivory Park to collaborate with Eskom to adequately deal with this matter by allowing us access to the area so that we can conduct audits, remove illegal connections, disconnect bypassed meters and issue fines for the contraventions. The intention for the preceding activities is to avoid the repeat of damage to the equipment and electricity network,” said Ramashi.
