
Alexandra
POWER STRUGGLE: City Power retreats from intended raid in Alexandra
City Power officials had to call off a planned raid in Alexandra on Thursday morning after residents protested and blocked roads, preventing them from entering...
The area is known for illegal connections and City Power said it had to act since stealing cables ultimately cost the utility millions of rands.
Paramedics say his body was found next to a vehicle at midday on Tuesday.
Collins Khosa is hoping that the State will come to the table this R60 million in compensation for the loss of their only breadwinner.
It is understood 20 structures on Saturday were gutted in the blaze along 8th avenue.
City Power carried out an operation in Alexandra on Wednesday where illegal connections at the River Park flats, Greenville, and several homes along London Road were disconnected.
City Power disconnected illegal electricity connections to flats in River Park and Waya Waya earlier on Wednesday. some residents have said they were never been given the chance to pay because government failed to install meter boxes for their properties.
The utility said it was taking action to address overloading on the network and to recover lost revenue caused by illegal connections.
The family told EWN that they suspected that there was a cover-up because the evidence in the case was simply disappearing.
An Alexandra family is awaiting a second post-mortem after a 14-year-old discovered the body of his mother in the family home, moments after their father allegedly told them not to enter the bathroom where she was found.
It took City Power almost a week to replace and repair infrastructure at the Vasco da Gama switching substation in Alexandra after vandals targeted it for a third time on Sunday, resulting in an explosion.
The city has however warned residents to make sure that vandals don't access the switching station, which has been targeted at three times this year alone.
The Vasco da Gama switching station exploded on Sunday when criminals tried to steal cables and vandalised infrastructure for a third time this year.
On Sunday, a criminal allegedly gained entry to the switching station attempting to steal copper cables.
According to preliminary investigations, attempted vandalism and theft were to blame for the explosion.
Large parts of the township were plunged into darkness when criminals attempted to steal copper cables before the station tripped and exploded earlier this week, leaving residents without power for at least four days.
Tens of thousands if residents in the township have been left without electricity from Wednesday night when criminals attempted to steal copper cables.
Thousands of residents have been left without power after a fire destroyed a switching sub-station overnight.
City Power has confirmed the blaze broke out at the Vasco da Gama Switching Substation on Tuesday night.