{"id":55747,"date":"2023-10-30T17:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/joburgs-prolonged-outages-city-power-apologises"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:08:27","slug":"joburgs-prolonged-outages-city-power-apologises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/joburgs-prolonged-outages-city-power-apologises","title":{"rendered":"Joburg&#8217;s prolonged outages: City Power apologises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>City Power apologised to the residents of Randburg after prolonged power outages that started at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"divVideoStepAdTop\"><\/a>City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said power tripped at one of the Randburg substations, Hawken Distributor, on Saturday afternoon at about 5.30pm.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"div-gpt-ad-banner-1-article\"><\/a>He said the team was able to back-feed and restore power to customers at about 9pm on Sunday night but the unit later tripped again due to a faulty breaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe test branch is on site assisting in locating the fault. Once the fault is located, a contractor will be allocated and repairs will begin. The load centres will remain off until full restoration takes place, these load centres affect Bromhof, Boskruin, Sonneglaans and the surrounding areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mangena advised customers that the operating team can travel a distance of 10km to locate a fault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe estimated time of restoration will be communicated once it is made available. We ask that customers remain patient while our team works around the clock to restore power. We apologise for the inconvenience caused,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ward councillor Ralf Bittkau said City Power had a problem at Hawken Distributor. \u201cI don\u2019t know who was in charge over the weekend,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added City Power initially promised to restore power by 8am but later indicated that it had encountered further problems and would only restore power on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. City Power apologised to the residents of Randburg after prolonged power outages that started at the weekend. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said power tripped at one of the Randburg substations, Hawken Distributor, on Saturday afternoon at about 5.30pm. 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