{"id":46077,"date":"2024-05-28T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/vandals-leave-residents-in-the-dark-20240527\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:29:58","slug":"vandals-leave-residents-in-the-dark-20240527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/vandals-leave-residents-in-the-dark-20240527\/","title":{"rendered":"Egoli informal settlement residents endure three weeks without electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Residents of Egoli informal settlement in Schaapkraal have been without electricity for three weeks. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A long-term resident highlighted the dangers and difficulties faced, especially for those with health issues and young children.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Efforts to restore power are hindered by vandalism and the property owner\u2019s refusal to allow installation of electricity boxes, leaving residents reliant on unsafe, illegal connections.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For three weeks, residents of Egoli informal settlement in Schaapkraal have been in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cynthia Maqalaza, a mother of three, reached out to <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> in desperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSchaapkraal has no electricity and we can\u2019t do anything without power,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maqalaza, who has been living in Egoli for more than two decades, poured her heart out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_fc47f4c2\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cIt is so cold, we have elderly people living here and they have to make fires to keep warm, so the chance of a shack fire is very high,\u201d she says. \u201cJust last month, 45 shacks were destroyed in a fire.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The concerned mother says it\u2019s difficult to make a fire every morning as it affects her son who has asthma. \u201cMy son has asthma so I can\u2019t make fires all the time and in the mornings. We must wash with cold water,\u201d she shares. \u201cIt is so cold inside our shacks\u2026my neighbour has a new baby girl and there is no electricity, it is so difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the elections tomorrow, Maqalaza says political parties only come to the townships to get votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe same week that we didn\u2019t have power political parties came here and promised us houses and that they would fight for us. They give us T-shirts but don\u2019t come back. It is a disaster here, even our roads are dark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been 28 years that we have been here and there was no electricity, but the City promised that they will bring electricity boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, due to the land owner\u2019s apparent decision not to give permission for electricity boxes and cables to be installed, residents have for years been using illegal electricity connections. \u201cWe knew what we were doing was illegal and it was wrong, but we did it because they never gave us electricity,\u201d she said. \u201cLaw enforcement is here day and night so that we can\u2019t take power (electricity), but we asked them what must we do? We\u2019ve been here for 28 years without power boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-continous-outage\">Continous outage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a notice to residents on Tuesday 14 May, Ward 43 councillor Elton Jansen wrote that vandalism caused a \u201ccontinuous\u201d electricity outage in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSchaapkraal and surrounding residents, I apologise for the continuous outage in the area as a result of the vandalism that happened last night (Monday 13 May 2024),\u201d the notice read. \u201cIn less than 24 hours, after a brand new transformer was installed, it was vandalised by a group of angry people apparently from Egoli informal settlement who are demanding electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The areas affected included Schaapkraal, Kraal, Boom, Boundary, Varkensvlei roads Philippi and surrounding areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElectrifying Egoli will solve the problem but only with permission from the property owner, who is not willing to give permission at this stage. I have been engaging the owner for the last seven years and will again reach out to him,\u201d read the notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jansen further explained that the area remained volatile, which delayed efforts to restore electricity. \u201cThe Egoli informal settlement is located on privately owned land and permission is required for the City to install electricity. When an informal settlement is situated on privately owned land only basic services can be provided with permission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City added that residents in informal areas are generally provided with services but cannot do so on private land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For three weeks, residents of Egoli informal settlement in Schaapkraal have been in the 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