Johannesburg's City Power says it will beef up its teams and resources as the city faces widespread electricity outages.
“We appreciate and recognise the good work and support that City Power has received from its contractors, many of whom work tirelessly to restore power outages. With persistent rain and inclement weather, most of the repair work was disrupted over the weekend, leaving most outages unresolved, City Power said. Other factors contributing to the increase in outages include cable fault, equipment failure and cable theft.”
The power utility said there were about 1 990 outage calls from customers, with some of them over 24hrs. “Hursthill depot accounted to most of the outages, with ...
“We are however deploying more resources, technicians and operators to the problematic areas to help deal with the backlogs. We are also stocking up to ensure depots have sufficient material to deal with the outages. “Other factors contributing to the increase in outages include cable fault, equipment failure, and cable theft.
Systems are overloaded and technicians are battling to restore power.