Residents fuming over load-shedding and epileptic power supply
One irritated resident noted they were out of power for long hours and that the problem has been and ongoing nightmare.
Load-shedding is nothing new in Roodepoort, and neither is the complaint about the epileptic power supply that is causing complaints to erupt sporadically throughout communities.
Residents of Horison View, Roodepoort North, Georginia, Horison, and other areas within ward 84 have many questions regarding their area’s power supply.
On Friday, January 6, in their quest for answers, visibly angry residents stormed social media platforms asking questions and later made their way to the City Power Roodepoort Service Delivery Centre.
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After confronting an unknown City Power employee who addressed the group while standing behind locked gates, the residents felt like they are not getting the answers and expressed their disappointment in City Power locking them out of the premises.
One irritated resident noted they were out of power for long hours and that the problem has been an ongoing nightmare.
Another pointed out that the power situation in the area is unacceptable as they have been out of power for 18 hours straight.
And yet another told the Record that since Horison View has been without power for, electricity should be restored immediately without another incident of load-shedding.
While demanding answers from the power utility, the ward 84 residents regretted that power has still not been restored even with the complaints about the situation, they denounced those responsible for the situation as incompetent.
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According to City Power Spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, they are still attending to several unplanned power interruptions in Roodepoort that plunged many suburbs into darkness since Friday, January 6.
“Our team has managed to restore power at Florida Substation that feeds Mechanical Workshop Switching Station.
“Our teams in Roodepoort are working around the clock to ensure that power is restored to all affected customers.”
Customers will be updated on our Twitter page @CityPowerJhb, for isolated individual calls and other related queries customers are advised to log calls on Citypower.mobi or call 011 490 7484.
“We apologise for the inconvenience caused by these prolonged power outages,” said Mangena.
