Electrical Contracting Board, SOUTH AFRICA

ARE THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING BOARD OR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION IN BUSINESS ?

I reported a ***** electrician (Leander van der Merwe of EDDA ELECTRICAL) to the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA), also known as the Electrical Contracting Board (ECB), in February, March and July 2024 with no response ! The email address I used: support@ecb.org.za and info@ecb.org.za; you would assume the ECB is the organisation to contact when an electrical contractor is *********. This is what I reported to no avail (summarised): 1. Leander of EDDA ELECTRICAL re-built and re-wired my DB board at home on 27 Dec 2023, and included in his cost was the provision of a CoC for the re-built DB board. After the work was completed, he promised me the CoC was pending soonest, but insisted I settle the complete account which included a payment of R2 100 for the CoC. The cost of the re-wiring/re-build of the DB board was R10 500. I foolishly paid him in full via EFT. 2. Subsequent to this work, I discovered the DB board was not functioning correctly and the CoC was not forthcoming. I informed him of this via WhatsApp on 29 Dec and reminded him that the CoC was outstanding. He promised he would come and see me, but informed me the person responsible to provide me with a CoC was away on holiday on a farm with bad cellphone signal. I followed up on 3 Jan 2024 and he promised to follow-up with said anonymous individual. 3. I called and sent WhatsApp messages 8 – 9 Jan, and he finally responded on 10 Jan repeating the excuse that the “Master Electrician” was not available. I followed up on 10 - 15 Jan and his new excuse was he had a neck injury, but that he would book me in for a call-out. On 17 Jan, I followed up again and this time his “Master Electrician” was in a car accident, but that he would sort it out. 6. On 7 Feb he sent me Spartan Electrical’s business card and on my inquiry as to the reason for sending me this business card he responded very rudely on WhatsApp voice mail, telling me to ***k off. The business card was that of the “Master Electrician”. 8. I then sent Spartan Electrical’s invoice via WhatsApp to Leander indicating that he needed to re-imburse me for Ryan’s work (R3500) as well as for the CoC he did not supply (R2100). No response from Leander. Leander is a ***** and an embarrassment to the ECA/ECB. Worse still, he is a danger to the public as he left my DB board in an unsafe condition when he by-passed the earth leakage breaker ! Would you please revert regarding this matter and what ECA/ECB can do to prevent ************ electricians like Leander from de*****ing residents (and compromising their safety).