Power possibly restored on Tuesday

The damages at the Brakfontein substation are so severe that the Tshwane metro had to order cables from Vereeniging in an attempt to restore power.

Mayoral spokesperson, Blessing Manale, remains hopeful that some of the areas that have been affected will be restored by tonight.

He said that residents should prepare themselves for regular one to two hour outages throughout the week as they work to restore full functionality at the substation.

Manale said that they will be releasing a full report regarding cable theft as it is a severe problem throughout Pretoria.

Councillor Ina Strijdom said that Heuweloord and Monavoni have also been affected by the Brakfontein substation vandalism.

Strijdom visited the Brakfontein substation on Monday afternoon and discovered that the damages are more severe then they initially thought. “The underground cables have also been damaged and that is why they had to order new cables from Vereeniging. If we are lucky, power will only be restored by late Tuesday afternoon.”

Dawid Olivier commented on Rekord’s Facebook post that he is totally dependent on an oxygen tank and that he had to rent a generator to keep the tank up and running. Bernadette van der Walt also commented stating that her mother is dependent on electricity for oxygen.

“She is on oxygen 24-hours but luckily I stay close by and she could come to my house to get her oxygen. How many other people are not in the same situation but are not lucky enough to have someone close by? This is not just an inconvenience with the oxygen but also a disruption to her routine with the wound sister who now has to drive to the east of Pretoria to assist with her wounds,” she said.

The areas that have been affected include:

Brakfontein

Rooihuiskraal

Amberfield

The Reeds

Noordwes

Thatchfield

Wierda Park

Heuweloord

Monavoni

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