Eskom suspends services in Dutywa after protesting residents threaten workers

Eskom has had to suspend services in a Dutywa community in the Eastern Cape.

A team of workers was threatened, and their vehicle was vandalized by protesting residents earlier this week.

They were trying to repair a damaged power line, when the mob confronted them and demanded they attend to illegal electricity connections in another area.

The utility’s now withdrawn services there until tensions die down.

-EWN

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