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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Large parts of Pretoria were hit by a massive 6-hour power outage on Saturday (31 January), with power out in huge areas between 17h00 and 22h40.<\/p>\n

The city said that there was a trip on the 132 kV line 1 at Njala Substation. This trip affected the following areas:<\/p>\n

Highlands<\/p>\n

CSIR<\/p>\n

Willows<\/p>\n

Lynnwood<\/p>\n

Villieria<\/p>\n

Koedoespoort<\/p>\n

Waltloo<\/p>\n

Pyramid<\/p>\n

Wapadrand<\/p>\n

Mooikloof<\/p>\n

In an update, the city found that Transformers 1A and 1B tripped at the Njala infeed Substation.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s technical teams confirmed that the root cause of the outage was a fault at transformer 1A, which had to be isolated.<\/p>\n

During restoration efforts, a further fault was detected on the transformer 1B breaker, which also had to be dealt with.<\/p>\n

The city said that the faults had to be thoroughly tested, repaired, and cleared by specialised teams before being re-energised, which led to the long repair times.<\/p>\n

The city apologised for the inconvenience caused to residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis outage affects a huge chunk of the city. Our teams are working to restore power as quickly as possible,\u201d said Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya.<\/p>\n

Eskom confirmed that the fault is linked to Thswane\u2019s infrastructure. However, it will remain available to support the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Eskom\u2019s own system remains fully operational and stable, we remain on standby to assist city officials with repairs if requested,\u201d said the SOE.<\/p>\n

Power started slowly returning to various suburbs from around 21h00, with the city reporting that all suburbs were back online by 22h40.<\/p>\n

The City of Tshwane has been experiencing persistent and widespread issues with its electricity infrastructure, where some areas are stuck without power sometimes for days.<\/p>\n

Tshwane Mayor, Nasiphi Moya<\/p>\n

This article has been updated with the latest available information on the outage.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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