Residents in the east of Pretoria have been warned about an emergency shut-down of the Highlands Substation on Tuesday next week.
According to metro spokesperson Lindela Mashigo, the shutdown was necessitated by a need to carry out “essential maintenance” and repair work on the electricity network and components at the substation.
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He said the interruption period will be for 11 hours from 07:00 to 18:00.
The following areas will be affected:
– Garsfontein
– Menlyn (excluding the shopping centre)
– Waterkloof Glen
– Waterkloof park
– Waterkloof Ridge
– Constantia Park
– Newlands
– Ashlea Gardens
– Maroelana
– Hazelwood
– Alphen Park
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Mashigo said all residents affected by power failures should report them at customer care centres.
“Residents are urged to treat all network points as live at all times,” he said.
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