Northriding and Olivedale still have no power
NORTHRIDING – Residents have complained on Twitter that they have not had power for over 24 hours.
Joburg North residents experienced a power outage in the afternoon into the evening yesterday (10 February) after a chamber was vandalised at the Randburg and Bond substations. Most of the power has been restored but North Riding and Olividale residents haven’t been so lucky.
In the statement that was provided during the outage, City Power said they were working with Eskom to restore power. The outage affected Olivedale, Kensington B, parts of Bryanston, Ferndale, Bordeaux, Boskruin, Randpark Ridge, Strijdom Park, Bromhof, Northwold, Jukskei Park, North Riding, Sharonlea and surrounding areas.
City Power sent out a team this morning to complete the repair work, however, the restoration time is still unclear.
#NorthridingOutageUpdate
A new device is being installed in Northriding A.H. This is due to a chamber that was vandalized yesterday. Supply will remain interrupted until the repair work is completed. We apologise for inconveniences caused by the prolonged outage. ETR unknown.^BP— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) February 11, 2020
North Riding was not the only area whose power had not come back on after the overhead fault – Olivedale and parts of Ferndale were plunged into darkness for longer than 24 hours. Residents responded to City Power’s information on Twitter with angst:
https://twitter.com/AnrRelations69/status/1227106695194783745
No power in North Riding AH since yesterday morning???
— Brigitte (@Brigitte01) February 11, 2020
Day 2 Northriding AH. Please give feedback. No power
— Lindsay SmithBossert (@Lindsay100SB) February 11, 2020
Is anyone attending to Ferndale? Never restored!! 18.5 hours without electricity and counting. At least confirm that you are aware and something is being done!!?
— Keenan Allen (@FuseFlashKA) February 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/chahcharlie/status/1227184247456387073
We've been without electricity since 9am YESTERDAY.
— Bonolo Maruping (@BonoloMaruping_) February 11, 2020
Some residents also complained about the area still being scheduled for load-shedding despite not having had power for hours:
Load shedding has contributed to additional outages. When you have loadshedding for 4hrs at a time, it's an invitation to vandalism and cable thieves. Also the constant surges during reconnection is contributing to the tripping at substations & additional outages.
— Brigitte (@Brigitte01) February 11, 2020
Regarding our power outage it is so unacceptable that the North Riding Area experience loading Shedding everyday without fail sometimes it goes over for 24 hrs… Today we still out since yesterday… Concern
— Faroos Hartley (@FaroosHartley) February 11, 2020
@Eskom_SA please could you check your loadshedding schedule for Hoogland and Northriding, we are on 3 sections of this plan of yours. 2B, 3B and 8A. This is a bit ridiculous don't you think? 16 hours a day of loadshedding is not fare. Now they vandalised our power supply. HELP!
— Monique (@monsrobertson) February 11, 2020
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