Following power outages in various suburbs in Randburg and Roodepoort on the morning of 22 January, City Power has managed to restore power in most of these suburbs.
Weltevreden Park, Allen’s Nek, Bromhof, Randpark Ridge, Wilgeheuwel, and Honeydew were affected.
In Randburg most of the affected suburbs were North Riding, Boskruin and Blairgowrie.
Update(2/2):However technicians will be dispatched to the outage we are sorry about the inconvenience please bear with us.Thank you ^IM
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Hloni Motloung from the communications department at City Power explained that the outage in Randburg was caused by cable theft on corner Rabie Street and Martha Road in Fontainebleau..
Honeydew and Weltevreden Park were affected from the evening of 21 January. However, the power was restored during the evening until it tripped again in the morning. “By 9am electricity was already restored in all the suburbs in Randburg. The technicians are currently working on-site to restore power in Roodepoort,” he said.
He further explained that a feeder board to the substation tripped on Christian de Wet Road. “As we are talking now ,95 per cent of power is already restored in the Roodepoort area,” he concluded.
Details: City Power 011 490 7607.
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