City Power has asked communities in Lenasia to safeguard cables from theft as it deals with 340 calls from its Lenasia service delivery centre.
“We remind communities that rainy weather can delay or disrupt work on site,” it said.In Soweto, the utility team couldn’t complete the work as it was held at gunpoint.94% of power has been restored after a mini-substation flashed. Areas affected: part of Lenasia ext 5;A Tuesday night post-load-shedding outage in Thembelihle sections N and F was caused by overcurrent.
Operators will resume work on Wednesday after safety concerns due to a protest on Tuesday night;The team could not finish jointing on Tuesday as a tree blocked their way and they were held at gunpoint and had to be evacuated from the area. The outage was caused by a cable fault. The team will attend to the site on Wednesday.
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