Offenders to face criminal charges Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality has vowed to take strong action and even press criminal charges against customers found tampering with the newly installed smart meters. The municipality has installed…
Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm to midnight on Tuesday, says Eskom. There was also a high probability of load-shedding on Wednesday and Thursday, due to a shortage of generation capacity. The power utility said…
Illegal electricity connections in Komani continue to cause tension among community members with a scuffle reportedly ensuing between residents in Aloe T informal settlement and T section in Mlungisi recently. T and Q section residents…
Stage 2 rotational power cuts will be in place from 5pm on Monday afternoon, says embattled power utility Eskom. Initially, Eskom said the power cuts would kick in from 9pm on Monday, but this was changed just 20 minutes later.…
Outraged residents in parts of Mlungisi who have been without electricity for three days have barricaded Pelem Road with burning tyres restricting motorists from passing this evening. Speaking to The Rep, community members said there has…
An extended power outage in Komani Street left EFF members with no choice but to protest inside the Enoch Mgijima local municipality (EMLM) technical services office last week Monday where they dumped rotten raw meat which they claimed…
Residents of Enkululekweni who are fed up with ongoing electricity problems have given the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality an ultimatum: attend to our grievances by Saturday or we will camp outside the municipal offices. This after slow…
The business fraternity is relieved that there is to be some form of intervention on intermittent electricity outages which they claimed were detrimental to daily business operations. Eastern Cape Border-Kei Chamber of Business CEO…
Ezibeleni residents marched to the Komani town hall amid a heavy police presence earlier today to demand an end to electricity outages in the township. Led by the Independent Komani Residents’ Association (Ikora), a civic organisation,…
Today Komani will be without power between 3pm and 4pm. This is according to a statement published by the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality on Facebook. The statement reads: “Please be informed that an emergency switching will take place…
The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality (EMLM) has embarked on disconnecting illegal electricity connections in various areas and urges the public to refrain from stealing power. Spokesperson Lonwabo Kowa said the local authority lost…
Constant power outages affecting individuals and business operations have made residents around Komani and in outlying areas livid. With the winter approaching, recent reports of intermittent electricity cuts which last for weeks due to…
The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality has announced a planned power cut that will affect Queendustria and Ezibeleni on Sunday and Monday. According to a statement on the local authority’s Facebook page the scheduled outage was part of an…
The Independent Komani Residents Association (Ikora) led the community of Ezibeleni in protest after a transformer in the area’s sub-station was struck by lightning last Friday afternoon. The association’s spokesperson, Zolile Xalisa,…
