City Power weighing safety of sending employees to Lenasia South after technician kidnapped
On Wednesday, several armed criminals attacked a group of technicians working in the area, taking off with a vehicle and one of the technicians.
A City Power employee. Picture: Rejoice Ndlovu/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - City Power said it's evaluating whether it's safe for its employees to keep working in Lenasia South after a technician was kidnapped in the area.
On Wednesday, a number of armed criminals attacked a group of technicians working in the area, taking off with a vehicle and one of the technicians.
City Power said such incidents had an impact on service delivery, as it made employees fearful of attending to outages in some areas.
“We urge residents of Lenasia South Ext 4 and surrounding neighbourhoods to help in providing any information that could lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators and safe rescue of our employee,” said spokesperson Isaac Mangena.
Mangena said while having escorts was an option, it was not always possible to get Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers to accompany technicians to respond to outages.
“As you can imagine, with about 2,000 on average every day, it gets difficult to make sure that every one of those outages has a JMPD car because they are also responsible for other issues.”