Ekurhuleni metro given time to raid and shut down illegal power connections
Scrap metal business loses high court application to have dangerous power leaks addressed immediately
12 December 2022 - 20:35
An urgent Johannesburg high court application by the owner of a scrap metal yard and his tenant to have the Ekurhuleni Metro ordered to remove all illegal connections to a nearby substation — found to have been causing dangerous power leaks that made parts of their yard “live” — has failed...
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