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City of Joburg working to restore power after outages
Areas affected by power outages include Mayfair, Milpark, Jeppe & Cleveland after damage to a feeder board caused by a fire at the Mayfair substation.
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Eskom denies reports it meddled with power outage findings
Media reports have suggested that there is more than one report and that it’s been sanitised, but the utility denies this.
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Major power outage around JHB
Residents say there’s no power throughout the Johannesburg CBD, Mayfair, Fordsburg and other areas.
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Kenya hit by electricity outage, Nairobi without power
The fault was on a supply line that runs from Olkaria, in the Great Rift Valley region to Nairobi.
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Power outages hit parts of Jo’burg
City Power says its working to restore power.
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UPDATE: Bryanston power expected to be restored by 10pm
Residents say they’ve been left without electricity for more than 28 hours.
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City Power working to restore power in some parts around Joburg
Suburbs in the south and east of Joburg have been left without power following planned maintenance overnight.
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Day gets off to slow start as several trains delayed in CT
Trains on several lines have been affected by a power failure near Cape Town Station.
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JHB water restrictions caused by higher demand
Water restrictions been caused by higher demand from one of Rand Water's reservoirs in the south of the city.
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Eskom won't rule out foul play after blackout at CT airport
A fire at Eskom’s airport substation affected more than 20,000 of its customers yesterday.
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Blackout at Cape Town International Airport
Passengers, including foreign tourists are using the lights on their mobile phones to assist airport staff.
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R23m to be forked out for police station generators
181 police stations that have been battling during blackouts will get back up power generators.
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CARTOON: Christmas 'unplugged'
CARTOON: Christmas 'unplugged'
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Parts of Boksburg still without power
An explosion of incoming circuit breakers from Eskom to Ekurhuleni caused the power outage in Boksburg.
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Power outage affects Boksburg
The municipality says this was as a result of an explosion of an incoming circuit breaker from Eskom.
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Parts of Roodepoort without power
Residents say they haven’t had electricity since the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Municipalities apologise for power outages
Officials said most outages were caused by cable and steel theft.
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Collapsed pylons to cost R30m to fix
Johannesburg City Power officials worked through the night to restore electricity to a number of areas.
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Parts of JHB without power
Affected areas include Waverly, Bramley and parts of Houghton.
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Power failures in Gauteng after storms
City Power has been inundated with calls from residents who say their electricity is out.
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Widespread power outage hits Joburg
A number of suburbs have been hit by a power outage, including Lenasia and Mondeor.
