Services came to a standstill at Nelson Mandela Bay’s energy and electricity department on Friday after workers downed tools, demanding answers about seven officials who were placed on precautionary suspension earlier this week.
Municipal call centres for electricity-related complaints received nearly 10,000 calls in just three months from Nelson Mandela Bay residents about broken street lights, faulty cables, overhead power lines and damaged prepaid meters.
Seven officials at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality have been placed on precautionary suspension after an internal investigation into fraud and corruption.
Seven officials at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality have been placed on precautionary suspension after an internal investigation into fraud and corruption. Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Retief Odendaal said the electricity and energy directorate officials were suspended following a "preliminary investigation into allegations of fraud and corruption" that was started after a recent explosion at an electricity substation at the Coega Industrial Development Zone.
Seven officials in Nelson Mandela Bay’s electricity department were suspended on Tuesday after an investigation into an explosion that occurred on 11 March at a crucial substation in the metro.