Hijacked building tenants prevent workers from disconnecting electricity

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City Power workers faced an epic struggle to remove Illegal connections in the Johannesburg CBD. The news frustrated citizens paying their bills.

"And where are JMPD and SAPS when such happens?""Foreigners are doing as they please in Joburg.

"In another article,reported that the City of Johannesburg may have broken a record on Wednesday, 1 February after a power-cutting operationThe operation, which took place in the Roodepoort area, was led by the metro's recently elected mayor, Thapelo Amad and electricity distributor, City Power.

 

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