Emeute de l’électricité à Tzaneen (Limpopo) – 6 juillet 2011

Mob attacks Eskom men over cut-offs

sowetanlive.co.za

8 JUIL. 2011 | ALEX MATLALA AND SAPA

SCORES of villagers at Tabina outside Lenyenye in Tzaneen attacked Eskom workers and pelted their vehicles with stones on Wednesday night.

The Eskom workers were busy removing illegal electricity connections from local houses when they were attacked.

Police were called to quell the situation but no one has been arrested.

« We have dispatched officers to patrol the village on a 24-hour basis for further possible eruption of violence, » police spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.

A villager said the crowds could have been angered by the move to cut off electricity, saying Eskom should have warned them before taking action.

Mulaudzi warned against illegal power connections, saying these posed a serious danger to people’s lives.

Spokesperson for Eskom in Mopani Khutisha Ramotlou said the energy utility had been removing illegal connections in houses since the beginning of this month.

He said the campaign was fuelled by the number of people, especially children, who lost their lives due to these illegal connections.

Ramatlou said the campaign against illegal connections would move to other areas.

Eskom spokesperson Hilary Joffe said there were no reports of injuries during Wednesday’s attack. Read more…

Informations

Tzaneen est une ville d’Afrique du Sud, située au nord-est du Transvaal, dans la province du Limpopo, district de Mopani (650 000 habitants). Seconde plus grande ville de la province, Tzaneen est située dans une région tropicale et fertile du district de Mopani et compte environ 30 000 habitants pour une zone urbaine de 80 000 personnes. Elle est située à 420 km au nord de Johannesburg.