Parts of Salt Rock, Sheffield, Brettenwood and Sheffield Manor suffered a power outage today after a third party contractor reportedly damaged a cable at midday.
According to a senior manager at KwaDukuza municipality electrical department the contractor hit a 33kv supply cable while working in the Seaton Estate development.
Residents are still experiencing localised interruptions and municipal officials have estimated at 5pm that it would take about eight hours to restore supply to the effected areas.
Four hours later many of the effected areas had already had power restored.
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