City official succumbs to injuries following Gugulethu substation blast
A City of Cape Town electricity official, Terence Henry Stringer, succumbed to his injuries in hospital on 16 April, after vandalised cables exploded while he was attending to an outage in Gugulethu, on 4 April 2022.
The outage affected residents in Manenberg and Gugulethu. It
is understood a section of the medium voltage cable had been excavated and set
alight by criminals. Stringer, alongside four contractors, and a member of the
public were injured when the damaged cables further deteriorated and caused an
explosion.
Mayco Member for Energy, Beverley van Reenen, sent out her
condolences to those close to Stringer.
‘’It is utterly devastating that a colleague’s life has
been lost due to the impact of infrastructure vandalism while in the line of
duty. The City’s political and administrative leadership and the entire
Electricity Generation and Distribution Department expresses its sincerest
condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and loved ones of Terence
Stringer during this difficult time.’’
‘’He joined the City in 1993 and was one of the first
employees to join the City’s Gugulethu Electricity Depot shortly after it was
constructed as part of the City’s programme to bring services closer to the
Manenberg and Gugulethu communities. Colleagues remember him for his commitment
to his work and for always going the extra mile. In his spare time, he enjoyed
carpentry and was always willing to share his woodwork expertise with
colleagues when anything needed to be repaired. Between jobs, he often kept the
Depot’s flower garden neat and tidy. The City has lost a valuable staff member
and our thoughts are with his wife and family,’’ added van Reenen.
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