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IOL News reports that two Joburg City Power technicians were robbed on Monday of their valuables while on duty in Discovery, Roodepoort.
City Power condemned the incident, saying the two female officials had been on duty in Wemmer Street. According to City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, the robbery was undertaken by two men who were driving a white Datsun Go vehicle. “The constant attacks on our technicians are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Mangena said. He went on to indicate: “This year alone our teams have been held at gunpoint, robbed of cellphones, laptops, toolboxes, hijacked and injured to the point of hospitalisation – all while on duty and servicing communities in Johannesburg.” He said it was patently unfair and “outrageous that our employees must constantly look over their shoulders when on duty, out of fear of being attacked by criminals”. Mangena warned Joburg communities that the targeting of City Power officials could impact negatively on service in areas deemed “high-risk” as the entity would not “hesitate to pull out our teams if their safety is compromised”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sihle Mlambo at IOL News
- See too, City Power says attacks on technicians unacceptable after two employees robbed, at EWN
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