Lack of maintenance

The Witness: "Lack of maintenance"
THE statement by the municipal electricity department that it inherited aging infrastructure needs questioning.

If it was old and frail when inherited, just what has been done in the past 15 years to rejuvenate it? From where we sit (usually in the dark) it seems that the only action taken was to allow massive developement, but with no corresponding system expansion, let alone upgrading the existing network.

As for the lack of engineers, perhaps we should try a recruitment drive in Australia, Britain and all the other countries the engineers moved to when affirmative action kicked in.

S. HARLING
Bishopstowe