Ward 64 residents urged to switch off non-essential appliances

A municipal team is still investigating why the system is experiencing a higher-than-normal load.

The team located and repaired the outage after many days in the blistering heat.

WHILE residents could breathe a sigh of relief after electricity and water were restored after a massive outage that lasted over three days, a municipal team is still investigating why the system is experiencing a higher-than-normal load.

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Ward 64 councillor Gavin Hegter is urging residents to switch off all non-essential appliances to avoid further damage to the system.

“Any residents who have still not had supply restored are requested to log a new fault,” added Hegter.

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