SUBSTATION 'OVERLOAD'

JACANA BAY RESIDENTS IN MEERHOF ARE CONCERED ABOUT A SUBSTATION ON THE PREMISES THAT HAS BEEN INFILTRATED AND TAKEN OVER THE TERMITES THREATENING THEIR POWER SUPPLY.

“WE HAVE BEED TRYING FOR MONTHS TO GET THE MADIBENG MUMICIPALITY TO ATTEND TO THE SUBSTATION BEFORE IT EXPLODES BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH TO MADIBERG ON THE PHONE. NO ONE EVER ANSWERS THE MAIN SWITCHBOARD NUMBER OR THE AFTER HOURS NUMBER I WAS GIVEN”, SAYS REIDENT JANET CATHERINE.

“I HAVE TRIED JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER NUMBER THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS TO TRY RAISE THE DEAD THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY HANGING ABOUT IN THE COUNICL OFFICES.

MAN ARRESTED FOR CHEQUE FRAUD

A LOCAL RESIDENT WAS ARRESTED FOR CHEQUE FRAUD AFTER HE TRIED TO CASH A R78 000 CHEQUE AT A CLOCAL BANK.

“THE CHEQUE BELONG TO ATTORNEYS IN THE JOHANNESBURG AREA AND WHEN THEY WERE CONTACTED, THEY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHEQUE”, SAID HARTBEESPOORT COMMUNITY POLICING FORUM CHAIRMAN ROMANO VAN DE SPRUG.

THE MAN WAS ARREST AND APPEARED IN COURT THIS WEEK.

Kormorant newspaper 26th January 2012