Electricity box welded shut and disconnected? Not a problem for Yeoville thieves
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba and his team of city officials received a reality check on Monday when they discovered just how far some property owners are prepared to go to avoid paying for city services.Mashaba conducted a blitz in Yeoville‚ near the city centre where he was targeting businesses that owed the city and were refusing to pay.At his first stop at a flat on Rocky Street‚ Mashaba was led to a pillar box in the parking lot of a building that the city had recently disconnected from the grid and welded closed so that nobody could open it again.But the officials‚ who included members of the city’s group forensic department‚ City Power‚ legal department and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD)‚ were stunned to discover that the board had been opened‚ the electricity reconnected and the box then rewelded.Technicians were immediately ordered to open the box and disconnect the electricity supply.The team then moved to a business across the road — Golden Hyper Meat...
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