City Power terminated 110 teams of contractors in the City of Johannesburg on Wednesday, sparking fears that residents would suffer even more amid ongoing load shedding and power outages.
Ward councillors Ralf Bittkau and Eleanor Hugget said the terminations posed a crisis for residents amid the ongoing load shedding and power outages.
"The new contractors are ... qualified and credited to provide 10 key solutions, which is really to reduce the amount of time we spend on outages and save us on resources," said Mangena. Mangena said the term of the old contractors ended three years ago and was renewed on a three-month basis until new contractors could be sourced.
News24 previously reported that a contractor had been arrested for allegedly sabotaging a substation in Johannesburg and nearly killing technicians working on the same network nearby.
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