City Power removes 60 000kg of illegal cables at informal settlement [VIDEO]

City Power said the informal settlement is one of many across the city that are contributing significantly towards network overload

The cables valued at around R6 million were removed from the Kanana, Rabie Ridge informal settlement on Wednesday.City Power has removed and confiscated approximately 60 000kg of cables valued at around R6 million from the Kanana, Rabie Ridge informal settlement on Wednesday.

City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the extreme levels of illegal connections in the area is also contributing towards the enforcement of load reduction to avoid complete destruction of the network.“In this area alone, City Power has replaced a total of 10 transformers from August this year. In August, three transformers were replaced, four in September and now halfway through October, we have already had three damaged transformers.

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