Lenasia South and Ennerdale residents vow to teach politicians a lesson

Lenasia South and Ennerdale have been without power for three days after criminals targeted three substations stealing about 400 meters of cableand Ennerdale have vowed to teach politicians a lesson over the lack of service delivery when they head to the polls on May 29.

While City Power has been working furiously to restore power to the suburbs, residents said it is not enough that the issues are being attended to, but rather the recurring problems ofMany took to social media to vent their anger and frustration complaining that their lives have been disrupted by the power outages with remote employees not being able to work, children unable to do their homework and spending money on takeouts because they are unable to cook at home.

“There have been delays in accessing the site due to ongoing protests in the area over land invasions. As a result of those delays along with additional work required on the transformer, the estimated time of restoration has regrettably been moved to midnight,” Mangena said.While it’s unclear if power has been restored to Ennerdale, Lenasia South residents will have no indication when power will be restored despite City Power claiming that the estimated time of restoration is 12pm on Thursday.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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