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More than 50% of Durban neighbourhoods are in darkness tonight. An enormous explosion at the Klaarwater substation caused the widespread power outages on ...

We have just seen a massive blue light from a substation explosion in Durban. According to EskomSePush, an app that alerts users about load shedding in their neighbourhood, the country has experienced 2096 hours of rolling blackouts so far. Last Thursday, the ailing power utility Eskom reached a new low, recording its first 30 days of consecutive power outages, stopped at 32 days before suspending rolling blackouts on Saturday. More footage from the massive power outage in Durban after an explosion at Klaarwater substation. [https://t.co/jILI8v5et0] [October 11, 2022] This is not going to be resolved quickly.

Significant parts of Durban have been plunged into darkness after a massive explosion at the Klaarwater major substation.

“F*** this, I'm going off the grid. Many areas around the city are affected by this power outage,” he said. The footage can be seen here.

DURBAN: The eThekwini Municipality said on Tuesday night that an explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outage to about 50% ...

More footage from the massive power outage in Durban after an explosion at Klaarwater substation. - The video show the sugar-eating baboon obeying the woman's request that it leave her room.](https://www.702.co.za/articles/456840/watch-mind-your-manners-woman-asks-huge-baboon-to-please-leave-hotel-room) [Read More](https://www.702.co.za/articles/456840/watch-mind-your-manners-woman-asks-huge-baboon-to-please-leave-hotel-room) This is not going to be resolved quickly. An explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outage to about 50% of areas in DURBAN: The eThekwini Municipality said on Tuesday night that an explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outage to about 50% of the city. Areas in the Northern, Western and Southern regions of the City are still without power. On its Twitter account, the municipality warned residents that areas in the northern, western and southern regions of the city would be without power. 50% of the city is without electricity.— Dean Macpherson MP (@DeanMacpherson) Massive explosion at Durban substation leaves half the city in the dark

A massive power outage hit residents across several areas of Durban on Tuesday evening. ... eThekwini Municipality says the outage is due to a trip at a key ...

Videos are doing the rounds of an explosion apparently at the Klaarwater sub station.— Lauren_Beukes39 (@LBeukes39) [October 11, 2022] Many areas around the city are affected by this power outage. [pic.twitter.com/86ELZi9C6y] [October 11, 2022] [@ECR_Newswatch] [pic.twitter.com/hgdcVZO05U] [October 11, 2022] "The eThekwini Municipality is aware of a trip out at our Klaarwater Major substation, which is a key supply point to the city from Eskom.

The eThekweni Municipality says an explosion an explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outages to about 50% of the areas ...

In a post on Facebook, the Municipality said areas affected and were still without power by 9 PM on Tuesday, included the Northern, Western and Southern regions of the City. DA MP, Dean Macpherson, said in a tweet that the “city is falling apart before our eyes” adding that the outage would not be resolved quickly. The eThekweni Municipality says an explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outages to about 50% of the areas in Durban.

The massive blackout in Durban tonight (Tuesday 11 Oct) – which has plunged half the city into darkness – has been caused by an explosion at the 275kv ...

eThekwini's water crisis isn't unique – crumbling infrastructure is an issue across the country. This is not going to be resolved quickly. It’s safer to switch off at DB to avoid surges damaging appliances.” Dr Mark Graham, a Water Resource Scientist, told Carte Blanche this week that while eThekwini’s water crisis isn’t unique, it’s the worst in the country and the worst he has seen working professionally with water for the past 30-odd years! Most of Durban’s ports are closed currently due to strike action, beaches have repeatedly been closed because of high levels of pollution, and even drinking water in some areas has been found to be unsafe. [October 11, 2022]

The eThekwini municipality says around 50% of the households in Durban are without power following an explosion at a major substation in Klaarwater on ...

In the 2018 incident, a transformer caught alight at the 275-kilovolt substation, and the following year, suburbs of Chatsworth, Pinetown, and greater Queensburgh were left in the dark after the substation exploded. An explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outage to about 50% of areas in [#Durban]Areas in the Northern, Western and Southern regions of the City are still without power. The eThekwini municipality says around 50% of the households in Durban are without power following an explosion at a major substation in Klaarwater on Tuesday evening.

Ethekwini's head of electricity Maxwell Mthembu explains. "What happened is that we had a flashover that took over at our Klaarwater substation. It took one ...

Parts of Durban were in disarray on Wednesday morning after powerful winds brought down trees and spread debris across the municipality.

[#WCW: "Attitude was key to my success working in a male dominated environment"](https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/carolofori/wcw-attitude-was-key-my-success-working-male-dominated-environment/) A man who lives in Westville says the flashes in the sky were quite bright in his area. [Power restored to most of Durban after substation explosion](https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/power-restored-most-durban-after-substation-explosion/) “The colours, it was blue, yellow and green - it wasn't bright and in a few minutes the lights went off and back on, then I heard a sound, it went BOOF!,” said a little boy from Durban North. "The cold front was approaching then we had conditions that are known as Berg winds, this is winds from the interior of the country, from the high lying areas around the Drakensberg." He says this was due to a cold front that was supposed to move in.

The sudden gush of hot and dry wind in Durban on Tuesday night was the result of a scientific phenomenon known as a heat burst or 'berg wind', according to ...

The heat burst occurs once the warm and dry air descends to the surface (see schematic below),” STM said. “Thunderstorms develop when moist, unstable air is lifted upwards; the moisture in the cloud eventually condenses and later falls as precipitation. “For a heat burst to occur there needs to be both a dissipating thunderstorm and a hot, dry environment in the mid-levels of the atmosphere, combined with a shallow surface inversion.

DURBAN - The eThekwini Municipality said that electricity had been restored to most of the areas affected by an explosion at the Klaarwater major substation ...

We started to restore supply last night, area by area. [Half of the city was plunged into darkness](https://ewn.co.za/2022/10/11/massive-explosion-at-durban-substation-leaves-half-the-city-in-the-dark) on Tuesday night after the blast. Half of the city was plunged into darkness on Tuesday night after the blast.

Durban - While there was high speculation that the explosion at the Klaarwater major substation was the cause of the sudden wave of hot wind and dry ...

The heat burst occurs once the warm and dry air descends to the surface (see schematic below),” STM said. “Thunderstorms develop when moist, unstable air is lifted upwards; the moisture in the cloud eventually condenses and later falls as precipitation. “For a heat burst to occur there needs to be both a dissipating thunderstorm and a hot, dry environment in the mid-levels of the atmosphere, combined with a shallow surface inversion.

DURBAN: The eThekwini Municipality said on Tuesday night that an explosion at the 275kv Klaarwater major substation caused widespread power outage to about 50% ...

More footage from the massive power outage in Durban after an explosion at Klaarwater substation. This is not going to be resolved quickly. The municipality warned residents that areas in the Northern, Western and Southern regions of the City are were without power late on Tuesday night

A raging wind storm with periodic bolts of lightning during a major power outage left Durban residents questioning what happened on Tuesday night.

What's strange about it is that there was no rain despite there being lightning, the air was dry and hot, and then it all passed as suddenly as it came. Lots of wind knocking down branches and trees, some colourful lights in the sky, and then most of Durban suddenly lost power. Residents experienced a very sudden change of weather and what seemed like a heavy storm coming in.

KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra's 2022 Spring Season takes place this Thursday, October 13 in the Playhouse Opera. ARE you looking for something to do this ...

This year, the festival is taking place in Johannesburg and Durban, and some of the sessions will take place virtually. There will be an on-site restaurant and a food court featuring Indian street food and fast food. The Opening Ceremony will take place at 19:00, followed by the fireworks display at 20:00. Tickets will only be sold at the door and cost R100. Recitals of the Sundarkand will take place on Saturday from 15:00–17:00. The Hawan Ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 16 at 10:00, featuring 108 hawan kunds and priests from all Hindu linguistic groups. Asha Maharaj will be presenting food demonstrations throughout the weekend, featuring Diwali treats. Tickets are R50 and available from the Playhouse box office from 09:00. The Pavilion Shopping Centre will also be hosting a joyous event called the Festival of Lights Market. The acclaimed Polish conductor, Michał Dworzyński, brings two popular scores to the podium on October 13. There will also be an array of external exhibitors providing a variety of products. The public is also welcome to come to the tea and symphony concerts on Thursday mornings at 10:00.

South African newcomer Lift has been plying one of the world's busiest routes since its launch in December 2020 – Cape Town to Johannesburg.

Durban will launch from Joberg at the end of the month, with a three-times-per-day service. Things have opened up in the recent past with the demise of Mango and later Comair, but still, five airlines, including Lift, will be flying the route this South African summer. All eyes will be on whether Lift can secure its fair share of the passenger traffic. FlySafair, also a narrowbody operator, still dominates, but the small size of Airlink and Cemair’s planes means fewer passengers will be moved. And the real reason we haven't done it up until now was because the sustainability and the stability of the market hasn't been there. This gives them the ability to sustain a lot of different airlines. When you add in Durban and the routes between Johannesburg-Durban and Cape Town-Durban, you’re probably close to 75% of passenger volumes." Sticking to its mantra of sustainable, stable markets, it was a natural addition for the airline, and its passengers knew it. The CEO joked that they only launched the route to stop the constant barrage of ‘when are you going to Durban’ questions on social media. But in reality, it had always been in the plan. It had a good mix of leisure and, even though there wasn't a lot of business travel, it still had some of that on the route.” Lift announced its third route at the end of September.