ActionSA calls for citywide crackdown on illegal electricity connections threatening Johannesburg’s stability [SOUND]

# ActionSA in Johannesburg is calling on City Power and all relevant law enforcement agencies to take urgent and decisive action against the growing crisis of illegal electricity connections in the city. ActionSA’s Mpumi Edward says a recent oversight visit to Crosby uncovered a deeply troubling situation where residents of a nearby informal settlement had illegally connected high-voltage cabling to the Traction Power Substation. She says City Power loses approximately 4.9-billion-rand annually due to illegal connections: