No power after stormy weather
Technicians are on site working to restore power
Stormy weather on the afternoon of 10 November might be to blame for many residents being without electricity.
Roodekrans, Wilro Park, Honeydew, Witpoortjie and surrounding areas have been without electricity since late yesterday afternoon.
According to City Power’s Twitter service, the entity is aware of the issue, which was most likely caused by the stormy weather. Technicians are on site working hard to resolve the issue.
Roodekrans, Honeydew and surrounding areas are off due to the storm, we are escalating the outage, our techs will assist on restoring you^MM
There is no estimated time for the power to be restored, but residents are urged to be patient and follow the updates on City Power’s Twitter (@CityPowerJhb) timeline.
Update: Power outage affecting Roodekrans, Wilro park, and surrounding areas please bear with us while repairs are underway^MM
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) November 11, 2016
Yumna Sheik, spokesperson for Ciy Power confirmed that the Kloofendal Substation Bay tripped at midnight.
“Technicians are onsite and estimsted time of repair has not been confirmed yet”, Sheik said.
City Power apologises for any inconvenience caused by the outage.
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