The utility was called out by residents in the area, who were protesting in recent weeks, for not assisting their power outage tribulations, accusing the City Power of leaving them in the dark.
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg City Power said that substations in Roodepoort were at risk of collapsing due to illegal mining by zama zamas.
Some residents in the area said that they were fed up with being deserted by City Power for weeks on end.
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