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Employee safety: Makhado again fails to answer questions

Another electrocution, another silence from Makhado

By Andries van Zyl • 13 November 2025
Employee safety: Makhado again fails to answer questions

After another municipal worker was electrocuted, public and officials question Makhado Municipality's commitment to employee safety. The municipality has repeatedly failed to provide answers regarding these serious incidents and employee well-being.

Serious questions are being raised by the public about employee safety within the Makhado Municipality’s electrical department after yet another worker was electrocuted while attending to a fault.

This latest incident occurred at a high-voltage transformer on the corner of Stubbs and Munnik Street in Louis Trichardt on Saturday, 8 November.

A call for medical assistance was sent out via a local community emergency WhatsApp group shortly after 08:00, pleading for an ambula...

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