Four City Power technicians robbed in Tshepisong
City Power has threatened to withdraw its services from Tshepisong after four technicians were robbed at gunpoint while on duty on Monday.
The crew came under attack while responding to a faulty pole transformer in Block 5A.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said four technicians were ambushed by three men who robbed them of their cell phones and wallets.
"The team had to withdraw back to the Roodepoort SDC. The violent incident has unfortunately lengthened the duration of the outage. An assessment will be made to determine whether it’s safe for our workers to return and carry out repairs."
Mangena warned the utility would not hesitate to pull out from areas they deem unsafe.
"The attacks are dangerous and unsustainable and are likely to make the utility review its operation, particularly in hot spot areas.
"While we have the option to request escorts from JMPD to enable us to render service to the communities, it is increasingly becoming unsustainable. Sadly, this may affect our response times to outages in hostile areas.
"City Power wishes to reiterate that it will not hesitate to pull out teams from any area where their safety is at risk."
The utility technicians have recently been the victims of attacks in Lenasia, Roodepoort and Alexandra.
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