Several Joburg suburbs still without power following Saturday outage
Eskom said on Saturday it does not expect any load shedding during the day, but several Johannesburg north suburbs are still without power on Sunday morning
Several Johannesburg north suburbs are still without power.
The outage, they say, is due to “an existing fault on Eskom side”.
Some residents in these areas say they have been without power for more than a day.
#OutageUpdate #Morningside City Power is encounting a total loss of supply in Bryanston, River Club, Morningside & surrounds. Due to an existing fault on Eskom side, their technical team is working on restoration. No ETR as yet, we'll update residents throughout. ^DR
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) December 22, 2019
While Eskom has given assurances that there would be no load shedding on Saturday, many suburbs in Johannesburg and surrounding areas were without power.
Eskom said on Saturday it does not expect any load shedding during the day, despite experiencing “severely constrained” electricity system due to an unplanned breakdown.
“While a number of units have returned to service, Eskom unexpectedly lost some generation units last night but load shedding is not expected,” the state-owned company said in a statement .It said it will continue to use emergency reserves to supplement capacity if necessary over this period, warning customers that the system continues to be vulnerable and unpredictable and that “the possibility of load shedding remains”, Fin24 reported.
Suburbs Allens Nek, Constantia Kloof, Honeydew, Radiokop, Ruimsig, Strubens Valley, Weltevreden Park, Little Falls, Wilgeheuwel, Lenasia South, Noordwyk, Alexandra, parts of the Johannesburg CBD, Newtown and others had no electricity for different durations on Saturday.
#RoodepoortOutage City Power is experiencing power interruption in the following areas:Allen’s Nek Constantia Kloof Honeydew Radiokop Ruimsig Strubensvalley Weltevreden Park, & surroundings. Team on route, no ETR as yet. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. ^DR— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) December 21, 2019
Do you do this on purpose, the technician's sit there and think…mmmm they have had power for too many consecutive days. We need to sort it out because every week without fail we sit without power. Weekly loadshedding…
— Hentus Matthee (@hentusmatthee) December 21, 2019
City Power attributed the outages to different reasons, such as cable faults and tripped distributors.
Residents vented their anger on City Power’s Twitter feed.
Do you do this on purpose, the technician's sit there and think…mmmm they have had power for too many consecutive days. We need to sort it out because every week without fail we sit without power. Weekly loadshedding…
— Hentus Matthee (@hentusmatthee) December 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/shawncd007/status/1208325477317959681?s=19
Oh 3B my 3B!! Virtual hug to all my neighbours, we never have uninterrupted electricity two days in a row whether it's load shedding or not. pic.twitter.com/hn3q2kpCw0
— Dineo (@DinnyMthi) December 21, 2019
Early this month, President Cyril Ramaphosa assured the nation that Eskom “should not be in a position to have any form of load shedding” between December 17 and January 15, 2020.
This came after the company implemented rotational power cuts from November, as it battled systems breakdowns at its power stations. The power supply constraints saw Eskom early this month introduce Stage 6 of load shedding for the first time, amid massive public outcry.
#NoordwykOutage We have sent out a team to investigate the cause & work on restoration. No ETR as yet. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. ^DR— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) December 21, 2019
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