ELECTRICITY restoration efforts are continuing at the Westmead Substation after a severe fault disrupted power supply to several areas on Wednesday, October 14.

The City has informed residents and businesses that its Electricity and Energy Directorate is carrying out repairs and testing damaged switchboard sections to enable additional electricity circuits to be returned to service. 

“Restoration is taking place in phases as technicians work to repair the damage and safely bring affected sections back online,” said eThekwini Municipality’s communications officer Senzelwe Mzila.

According to Mzila, the fault occurred during the early hours of Wednesday morning when the Westmead Substation tripped following a suspected severe fault on its 11kV busbar section. 

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The incident interrupted electricity supply to Caversham Glen, Mahogany Ridge, Motala Heights, Pinetown North and Westmead.

“The fault affected critical electrical infrastructure, requiring teams to assess the extent of the damage before undertaking the necessary repairs, testing and commissioning.”

He confirmed that work at Westmead was progressing, although full restoration remained dependent on the completion of repairs and testing.

The outage also affected the uMdloti Beach Substation, which experienced a separate fault on its 11kV busbar section yesterday morning. However, the municipality confirmed on Thursday that electricity supply had been fully restored to customers served by the uMdloti Beach Substation following successful repair work.

The municipality advised residents and businesses in the affected areas to follow official eThekwini Municipality updates for further information on restoration progress.


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