Power cuts in some parts of Johannesburg as rain pours

Metro utility City Power has dispatched its technicians to go on-site to investigate following a power outage in some parts of Johannesburg as the heavy rain continues to pour.

This is after the utility had been experiencing unplanned power interruption at Prospect and Sebenza substations earlier on Monday.

In a statement, City Power conformed that it was experiencing power outage at Fordsburg Substation due to a tripped feeder-board, which happened around 07:15pm on Monday.

The affected areas are include:

• Brixton
• Crown EXt
• Braamfontein Werf
• Jan Hofmeyer
• Maiyfair
• Langlaagte North
• Crosby
• Melville
• Parktown
• Pageview
• Parktown
• Auckland Park
• Naturena
• Eldorado Park
• Kibler Park
• Devland

#JoburgUpdates #Hursthill, we are currently experiencing power outage affecting parts of Melville, Brixton, Mayfair West & surround.

We have sent out a team to investigate and work on fault. No ETR yet & we apologise for any inconveniencr cause.^LP

— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 29, 2021

#JoburgUpdates #Mulbarton distributor is 96% restored due to cable theft. Technicians are still on site working on full power supply.

No ETR provided as yet & we apologise once again^Lp

— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 29, 2021

Technicians are onsite attending to an outage at Fordsburg 275/88kV SS. Start time 18:18. https://t.co/PjqfEYsHBn

— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 29, 2021

“City Power Technicians have been dispatched to investigate and work on repairing the fault.

“Unfortunately we do not have an ETR at the moment but further information will be communicated in due course on our Twitter page @CityPowerJHB.

“We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this outage,” the utility said.

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