BETHAL – Locals were left in the dark once again this weekend when the electricity went off on Saturday night.
According to Ms Marietjie Fourie, DA councillor, a ring substation near MD Coovadia Primary School burnt and this affected only a few streets’ electricity in Bethal.
The bigger problem was a cable fault that affected the plots and other areas of Bethal.
Municipal workers first had to source the fault-finder equipment piece from a service provider because the electrician could not find the fault manually.
The electricity was still off by Sunday evening.
The regional manager informed Ms Fourie that a new transformer needed to be installed in the Milan Park area and 185mm of aluminium was needed to replace copper cables that were stolen.
He said there was a cable fault and it would only be fixed on Monday, however by 2pm on Monday residents were still without electricity.
Read the latest update here:
https://www.citizen.co.za/ridge-times/122733/bethal-residents-finally-power-today-days-problems/
