NO STREET LIGHTS FOR 6 NIGHTS

We live in Newlands Village...The City of Cape Town has given us many undertakings since 07 April, to switch our street lights back on .<br> We have been in the dark for 6 nights now, having been told there was a 48 hour turnaround time. Yeah right.<br> <br> With the crime rate escalating in our area, and feeling forced to use our own electricity by leaving outside lights on all night, because it is SO DARK, this is not acceptable. There's no shame from the city when they increase our electricity tariff-which we pay, no problem in pushing up our property rates-which we pay, no apology when we cant get our car licences on time-which we pay etc etc etc ad nauseam - but when they are called on to fix something they caused when they worked in the village 07.04 - no go. Well there is no excuse and their professionalism is disgraceful. We have called every day, sometimes twice a day and been told one story after another.<br> Is the city going to reimburse us for the electricity we have been forced to use over and above our normal usage for the 6th night now? I don't think so !!! JUST FIX OUR STREET LIGHTS.