Help us to protect you and your neighbourhood’ is Eskom’s theme for the 2010 National Safety Campaign which took place this week. Eskom is sending a clear message: electricity kills.
Help us to protect you and your neighbourhood’ is Eskom’s theme for the 2010 National Safety Campaign which took place this week. Eskom is sending a clear message: electricity kills.
The Electricity Safety Week is intended to promote electricity safety. It focuses on the need to prevent and reduce the deaths and injuries that occur every year due to the unsafe or illegal use of electricity.
Help us to protect you and your neighbourhood is Eskom’s theme for the 2010 National Safety Campaign which took place this week.
Eskom is sending a clear message: electricity kills. Electricity Safety Week focuses on the need to prevent and reduce the deaths and injuries that occur every year due to the unsafe or illegal use of electricity.
Eskom’s website reports that in 2009 there were 22 public fatalities due to electric contact. “In the Eastern Cape we have identified areas where electricity incidents take place,” says Ntombekhaya Mafumbatha, Communication and Stakeholder Manager for Eskom’s southern region.
The campaign includes distribution of educational material at taxi ranks and organising gatherings at community halls, where people are educated on electricity safety.
Every year during this period, Eskom reflects on the company’s commitment to educate users on the safe and legal use of electricity.
“We are encouraging communities to report power lines that are hanging low, unsafe connections and remind them that working or building near electrical cables puts lives in danger,” Mafumbatha said.
She was not able to provide details of the magnitude of illegal connections in the Makana area but indicated that the municipality might have statistics.
Thandy Matabese, the Media and Communications Officer for Makana Municipality said their main problem is cable theft, not illegal connections. For more information contact Eskom on 08600 37566.
