{"id":93310,"date":"2015-07-06T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/93310\/resident-furious-with-metros-cable-installation\/"},"modified":"2015-07-06T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T07:50:29","slug":"resident-furious-with-metros-cable-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/06\/resident-furious-with-metros-cable-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident furious with metro\u2019s cable installation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Dinwiddie resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, was one of many Germiston residents to be left in the dark recently.<\/p>\n

He later discovered the blackout was not load shedding, but a power supply cable fault.<\/p>

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The resident claims a temporary power cable was installed at his home on June 10.<\/p>\n

He has since asked the Ekurhuleni Metro on several occasions to come and install a safe and permanent cable. To date, this has not been done.<\/p>

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Metro spokesman Themba Gadebe said the cable fault is located under the foundation of the resident\u2019s newly built house renovations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cable was installed to make sure the resident has a power supply for the time being.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consumer was supposed to open up his foundation for council to fix the cable,\u201d Gadebe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the consumer opens his foundation we can complete the repair, however, if the foundation is not opened, we will have to install a boundary box and the consumer can then fix the damaged cable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The resident does not want to demolish his newly built renovation and insists his building is legal and has proof of inspections done by the metro.<\/p>\n

The two parties are yet to come to a decision on how to move forward.<\/p>\n

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