These days, Tedstoneville residents never know whether or not they are going to have electricity.<\/p>\n
Carol Sternberg, a resident in Woodpecker Street, Tedstoneville Extension One, told the GCN that it appears that Extension One is mainly affected by the blackouts.<\/p>
“It has come to the point where we are having power failures basically every second day,” she said.<\/p>\n
She added that, last Sunday, they experienced a power failure for the entire day.<\/p>
Another resident, Anita van Zyl, told the GCN that something needs to be done about the situation soon.<\/p>\n
“We are continually having power failures in the area,” she said.<\/p>\n
Sternberg said that every time she contacts the metro’s call taking centre she is given the same excuse: “There is a problem with the cable”.<\/p>\n
The residents have been experiencing power failures for a number of months (GCN, October 11, Power woes for Tedstoneville) and they now want a solution to the problem.<\/p>\n
The GCN again contacted the metro for comment on the power problems in Tedstoneville and was given the following response by Sam Modiba, spokesman for the metro: “We are working on keeping the power on in the area, hence, we attend to the problems as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
“There have been different problems on each occasion and we have sorted them out each time.<\/p>\n
“The call centre staff do not know what the problems are until we inform them of what each problem actually is.”<\/p>\n
“It usually takes the metro between four and six hours to establish exactly what the problem is and then to fix it.”<\/p>\n
The metro did not say whether the power problems in the suburb would be coming to an end in the near future or not.<\/p>\n