No Electricity For 1+ Year

<p>In June 2015 I visited the Eskom branch in eNhlazatshe in Mpumalanga, under the Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality, to enquire about a possible electricity connection for my place in Hartebeeskop (also under Chief Albert). I got a technician to go and survey the premises, he came back and told me that I would have to buy a transformer & that I should look at paying around R100 000 for my connection, seeing a possible **** I then went online and app**** with Eskom CSOnline facility and they sent me an application form which upon filling in and returning they sent me a reference number. Months passed with no communication from Eskom, then I decided to go and visit their offices in Braamfontein where I was told that my application was still in process and that it would be ready in less than a month, which never happened. I then decided to go back to the Eskom office in my municipality and they told me that they had my application and they refered me to the technician who had to me about ridiculous amounts, so I asked him why I'd have to buy a transformer, and he said that according to Eskom regulations, if my premises are more than 100m from a transformer then I'd have to buy one myself. To my surprise and sudden happiness I told him that my premises were not far from the transformer, actually my premises are next to a police station where the central transformer is, but the technician denied that and we agreed that he would go and measure once more. Upon measurement we found the premises to be 86m from the transformer and he told me that still this would be a lengthy process and that I should wait AGAIN, he did not even give me a timeframe for waiting and it's more than a year now and I'm still waiting. I would like to advice to Eksom that if they reply to this review, not to ask me to wait but to rather send me the quotation they said they would send a year ago and to also verify that their employees fully submit to Eskom's code of ethics.</p> <p><br />Reference no. ********** 58<br />Nearest Pole number. EOSH 448/9 and OSH 113/9</p>