Duduza – Eskom has restored power in Masechaba Section.
This follows an article published in the African Reporter’s July 30 edition, Residents plunged into darkness, in which it was reported the area had been without electricity for weeks.
The outage was caused by two transformers that had exploded.
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Not only were residents inconvenienced, but the blackouts also affected local businesses and a clinic facility.
In its response, Eskom stated, “Before this, two transformers were replaced in the same area in June.
“This is the third transformer Eskom is replacing in Masechaba Section.
“Eskom has in the recent months recorded a high number of failed electricity infrastructure due to network overload resulting from illegal connections, meter bypasses and tampering, unauthorised operations, vandalism and theft of electrical equipment.”
In addition, Eskom explained split metering technology will be installed in Masechaba Section as one of the measures to limit repeated transformer failures and explosions.
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“We would like to urge the Masechaba community to use electricity sparingly and refrain from overloading the network through illegal electricity activities, such as unauthorised operations on the electricity infrastructure, illegal connections, meter bypasses and tampering.
“These actions lead to transformer failures and explosions and result in prolonged outages,” stated Eskom.
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