Service delivery problems plague Empangeni residents
Electricity problems in Empangeni CBD have been nothing short of shocking after an almost week-long problem of outages earlier this month.
What started on Tuesday, 15 April as power failures in Logan, Mack and Biyela streets turned into a drawn-out struggle involving several substation faults reported by uMhlathuze Municipality's electrical team.
Some residents were left in the dark until Good Friday, with further outages on…
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