Load reduction is scheduled for Kagiso Central, Kagiso Ext 8, Cosmo City, Sinqobile and Zandspruit. Photo: Caxton Local Media.
Eskom has announced a second round of load reduction this week which is set to occur from 17:00 to 10:00 on Tuesday, July 13.
“This is necessary to avoid network overloading in high-density areas,” Eskom said in a statement.
West Rand areas to be affected are Kagiso Central, Kagiso Ext 8, Cosmo City, Sinqobile and Zandspruit.
“During the load-reduction implementation, customers are urged to switch off all their electrical appliances to avoid possible damage due to power surges when supply returns. Failure to do so may lead to transformer trips or failures, and damage to household appliances when supply is restored. Please do not report this outage.
Communities are encouraged to report meter bypasses, illegal connections and vandalism of the electricity infrastructure on the Eskom crime line number 0800 11 27 22.”
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
