Residents of West Acres and The Rest have been informed that the substation supplying these areas has lost critical infrastructure related to damage to the breakers.

Estimated downtime cannot be given at this stage as technicians are still assessing the extent of the damage and also awaiting specialists from out of town.

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The municipality will keep the residents updated as it uncovers the extent of the damages.

The municipality apologises for this inconvenience as the outage was unplanned.
A credible source told Lowvelder that it might take few days to repair the damages.
“Residents must expect being in the dark because at the moment the municipality does not have the equipment in store,” said the source.

This is a developing story Lowvelder will update its readers once more information becomes available.