Load-shedding wreaks havoc on service delivery in Standerton
Lekwa also sent information on July 13 about a high-voltage cable that was cut during load-shedding the previous night.
The weather played a significant part in residents’ lives this past week. Eskom’s load-shedding in Standerton saw the resetting of a transformer.
Lekwa Municipality and Eskom were on site, attending to the problem.
Lekwa also sent information on July 13 about a high-voltage cable cut during load-shedding the previous night. It happened at the BB-sub that supplies power to mid-town.
The affected areas were Standerton Hospital, the traffic department, the fire department, Kieser Reservoir, the police station, Thomas Tyres, SPAR and Hoërskool George Hofmeyr.
The affected streets were Stander, Beyers Naudé, Charl Cilliers, Coligny, Vry, Kerk, Kruger, Joubert, Walter Sisulu, Berg, Paarl, Caledon, Leyds, Baumann, Schwickard, Krogh and Princess.
According to a WhatsApp group, Kieser Reservoir stood at 79% on July 14 and was filling up, but the booster pump only begins running when the reservoir is full.
The Standerton Advertiser was called to Sakhile on July 13 when a breaker at a substation near the municipal offices tripped the power in the area.
The children played soccer while residents waited for the electrical team from Lekwa.
According to Lekwa, the breaker needed replacing. They said they needed to meet with the community to explain the overloading.
After the power was restored this past week, it regularly tripped.
Residents were urged to unplug appliances and switch off geysers, TVs, fridges, and heaters during load-shedding to protect them from power surges.
Cable theft occurred at the intersection of Kruger and Coligny streets on July 13, and the electricians were notified.
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The municipality sent information on July 14 about power outages at the Water Treatment Plant in Standerton and Morgenzon. This affected the water supply to the community.
According to the municipality, after the electricity was restored, it took four hours to switch on all the pumping units.
The plants had to be filled with raw water for purification purposes before filters could be cleaned and the pumping units switched on.
Lekwa said it is an ongoing load-shedding crisis and asked the community to bear with them.
