There are current protests in Blue Downs over a five-day power outage:
According to, a cable was stolen last Thursday, which caused the outage. The protesting residents told GroundUp that this is a regular occurrence. “Every time it’s the same cable,” Reagan Bewee said.
“This is the third time this year,” said Lissie Fourie. “We are pensioners, our fridges are broken now, and we need to take medication that has to be refrigerated.” Residents say that they have had to throw away most of their food. There were also concerns that, without streetlights, the area is not safe at night. According to residents, Eskom had come to fix the problem last week, but they did not have the right materials.City of Cape TownSibunze said that he had been in contact with Eskom’s regional manager, who told him that they were awaiting materials to fix the problem.
“While Eskom is doing everything to recover electricity supply as speedily as possible, the restoration time is still unknown, as Eskom is keenly sourcing material,” Eskom said in a press release on Monday morning. Residents said that unless they receive a satisfactory response from Eskom, they will continue protesting.
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