Municipal
Substation fault leads to power outage
The municipality has confirmed a power outage due to a fault at the Market Substation in Randgate.

Rand West City Local Municipality confirmed a power outage is currently affecting parts of town.
According to municipal spokesperson Phillip Montshiwa, the 10MVA transformer and a feeder cable at the Market Substation have a fault. He added the fault was caused by severe lighting strikes on January 15.
Randgate, Randpoort, Wilbotsdal and portions of Homelake are affected.
“We are currently testing the transformer. The downtime is unknown at this stage. A more accurate update will be given once the transformer is tested,” Montshiwa said.
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