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Planned electrical maintenance – Thornhill, Fauna Park, Serala View and surroundings to be affected

Municipal technicians will be working on the 66KV line between Delta and Lota substations from 06h00 until 09h30 on Saturday, 01 September 2018

POLOKWANE – The municipality is currently working on electrical maintenance on transformers and mainlines across the city.

“Due to ongoing maintenance scheduled to take place over this coming weekend on the 11Kv and 66kV circuit breakers, the municipality is therefore notifying residents and businesses about the possibility of power outages in some parts of the city as identified by our electrical department,” a statement read.

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Municipal technicians will be working on the 66KV line between Delta and Lota substations from 06h00 until 09h30 on Saturday, 01 September 2018.

The municipality says this might cause the line to trip causing possible electricity outages.

Areas that might be affected include Mall of the North, Savanna Mall, Celtic lodge, Thornhill, Morula Heights, Serala View and a portion of Fauna Park.

“The municipality will try hard to have power on while working on the lines, but residents and businesses are cautioned to be on the high alert to the possibility of power outages,” the statement concluded.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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