By Ilhaam Hoosain
22 October 2007
One municipal worker died and four others were severely burnt when a large explosion took place at an electricity substation in Plumstead on Sunday .
The blast left at least 1 000 homes in the area without electricity for nearly nine hours on Sunday.
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has expressed its shocked.
“The reason why we are raising this matter to the public is the very same reason that many municipalities in the country consistently avoid complying with the safety regulations in various workplaces,” says Mthandeki Nhlapo General Spokesperson of Samwu.
The union has sent their own team to investigate the cause of the explosion.
“This specific incident in Cape Town is of very serious concern to us following number of research conducted in the past. Thousands of workers are exposed daily to hazardous conditions,” says Nhlapo.
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