Illovo residents left frustrated after second power outage
ILLOVO – The power outages affected residents in Hyde Park, Birdhaven and residents shared their frustrations on Twitter.
Illovo residents have been left to feel frustrated and angered after two major power outages the past two days in the area.
City Power confirmed on their Twitter page yesterday (28 October) that the Illovo West distributor was experiencing a cable fault. At that time their technicians fully restored the power nearly eight hours later. The power outage also affected Birdhaven, Hyde Park and surrounding areas.
Residents affected by the outage made their frustrations known on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GarroA/status/1188833989018169345
Still no power. It's almost 8 hours now.
— Francois Hugo (@fhugo101) October 28, 2019
Lasted only 3 minutes on Oxford Road, Illovo. Still no power.
— Simone Double-Masked Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) October 28, 2019
NO POWER in Inanda! 20h15 since 10h30 this morning
— A Touch of Spice Catering (@spice_touch) October 28, 2019
The power seems to have gone off again, twice in two days:
@CityPowerJhb has now failed to provide power to Illovo and surrounding areas twice in the past two days. I’ve personally tried to call the contact center 7 times over the course of the past 18 hours and haven’t managed to get through. It appears that their community management
— Shannon van Wyk-Khosa (@shannonvanwyk) October 29, 2019
No power again in Illovo, North street. Can you try to sort it out quicker than yesterday please?
— Andrea (@AndreaJvv) October 29, 2019
City Power said technicians have been dispatched to work on restorations.
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