The City of Cape Town also announced that about R40 million is earmarked in the City’s 2023-’24 budget to help fight the vandalising of energy infrastructure across the metro.
Some residents had to wait for weeks after vandalism to infrastructure and Eskom had to wait for parts.“Eskom is aware of the concerns of the Fisantekraal and Klipheuwel community regarding the constant electricity supply issues experienced in the area over the past few months,” according to the media release.
“Unfortunately, this also comes at a time where Eskom has implemented load shedding that is scheduled to continue until further notice, which further impacts the duration of no electricity supply for these customers,” the spokesperson says. “Incidents of vandalism and illegal connection definitely increase during periods of loadshedding at high stages and with the winter months ahead, and demand typically increasing, the Eskom supply problems and thus periods of time without power is expected to increase,” Van Reenen says.
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