The situation in Davidsonville has escalated, with all roads leading into the area closed with burning tyres and rocks by angry residents appealing for a resolution of the issue of the removal of electricity meters in the area.
Protests rocked the area yesterday, with residents saying they will continue bypassing the electricity supply lines until City Power comes and fixes their faulty meters.
Read the initial articles here:
https://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2019/05/21/angry-residents-blockade-entrances-and-exits-to-davidsonville/
Community members raised issues regarding paying for electricity, saying they do not understand why some residents pay for power, while others don’t.
Christebell Pienaar, the chairperson of the Davidsonville Community Forum (DCF), said they will only allow City Power officials into the area if they are coming to fix the meter boxes.
“We do not want the new boxes that require a payment of R100 daily. We have people in Davidsonville that are unemployed and some are pensioners who cannot afford that amount of money for the new electricity boxes,” said Pienaar.
“In Princess, there are a lot of live wires running over the streets. Why are they [City Power] not fixing that, rather than coming into our township to take out the boxes which they made mistakes on?” she added.
Residents of Davidsonville have vowed to declare war if the power utility does not resolve the problem.
