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Households hire electricity ‘fixers’ after Eskom fails them

A community policing forum member says Eskom had raised concerns about the safety of its technicians working in Khayelitsha

Khayelitsha residents queue outside the offices of Eskom to report ongoing outages and faults. Photos: Zezethu Mtlomelo

Households in Khayelitsha say they have been left with no choice but to hire electricians, some of whom are employed by Eskom, to fix their outages due to long response times from the power utility.
Residents say they often go weeks without electricity despite repeatedly reporting outages to Eskom.
A community policing forum member says Eskom had raised concerns about the safety of its technicians attending to faults in Khayelitsha.

Prolonged electricity outages in parts of Khayelitsha and long response times from Eskom have seen residents take matters into their own hands. Households have pooled cash to hire informal electricians to restore power…

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