eThekwini ratepayers associations feel “insulted” by the absence of mayor Mxolisi Kaunda in a budget consultation meeting to discuss the city’s proposed tariff hikes.
Two Nelson Mandela Bay families have been left devastated after a house was gutted, and a second damaged in a fire in Bethelsdorp, apparently linked to a temporary electricity connection installed by the municipality.
Frequent power outages from an unstable temporary connection forced a Bethelsdorp funeral parlour owner to ask his competitors to store bodies for him as his fridges were no longer cold enough.
Frequent power outages from an unstable temporary connection forced a Bethelsdorp funeral parlour owner to ask his competitors to store bodies for him as his fridges were no longer cold enough.
After a weeklong electricity outage affecting Ward 35 in Bethelsdorp, residents were horrified on Saturday when an electrical explosion in another street plunged the area further into darkness.