More than 50 households in C-section of Duncan Village, East London, have been living without electricity for more than three years. The supply transformer burnt out after illegal connections were made to it.
"They never replaced it," said resident Lindiwe Memani. "They came and installed a smaller box instead, for the streetlights, which only worked for a week." Residents had connected illegally to the new box as well.
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