Ray Nkonyeni Municipality spokesman, Simon April has issued an apology to those  affected by the power outage caused, he said, by a  a faulty switchgear.

“Our electricity teams have been working tirelessly since Sunday night, and were on site the whole day yesterday and again from early this morning (Tuesday).”

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“Our internal electricity team, working with the service provider, repaired the switches and together with Eskom technician,  switching was done in some areas and power was restored,” said Mr April.

However, he added that power could not yet be restored in Oslo Beach as  two transformer bushings had “flashover  due to water and moisture seeping through”.

“Teams have been on site inspecting each switch and each transformer checking for moisture and cleaning bushings to limit risks of further flashovers and faults.”

So far a burnt transformer cable with burnt bushing has been identified, and the team is trying to isolate these and to ring feed some Oslo Beach customers from the Mbango transformer, he added

“Unfortunately not all customers can be ring fed from the Mbango transformer due to capacity and the following customers will then remain without electricity until further notice – RNM control room, crematorium, RTI/weighbridge, church and eight houses along the main road.”

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