Soweto
‘We were broken’ – JHB family on how COVID-19 tore them apart after two deaths
The Khoza family lost two relatives in the space of just three weeks.
The utility said it’s trying to avoid network overloading in high-density areas.
The cause of the crash is not yet known.
Residents, who have been without electricity since June, took their frustrations to Eskom’s front door on Tuesday, staging a protest outside Megawatt Park.
Eskom said it would implement load reduction in high density areas to prevent network overloading.
Residents of Pimville Zone 2, who have been left without electricity supply for three months after a transformer exploded, have staged a protest outside the power utility's headquarters, Megawatt Park in Sunninghill.
The utility said it’s implemented so-called "load reduction" to prevent networking overloading in these areas.
The Gauteng premier said the provincial government would implement several interventions to curb the surge of infections in Soweto, including law enforcement to ensure that regulations are adhered to by residents.
The rapists gained access to their home in Dobsonville on Friday, where they raped the 21-year-old woman at gunpoint. The gang also sexually assaulted her grandmother in another room. The elderly woman later succumbed to her injuries.
Last year, Eskom officials said that residents were R18 billion in arrears, which included the accumulative interest.
The utility said it was part of its efforts to avoid the network overloading in high-density areas where illegal connections were rife.
Earlier this month, men with handguns and rifles opened fire on a group of people in a shack, killing six of them.
The 29-year-old woman's body was found by a group of protesters who were on their way home after a demonstration against gender-based violence on Friday.
It's understood the community of Orlando East caught three men on Saturday, following a network fault.
Eskom has conceded that its decision to restrict electricity supply to densely populated communities where illegal connections are rife will also have an impact on citizens who pay their bills.
One of the men, an 84-year-old, succumbed to his injuries while the 72-year-old is recovering in hospital from his stab wounds.
Pensioners will also receive R250 more for the next six months as part of government’s COVID-19 relief programme.
Sassa said that about 83% of clients would have received duplicate payments unless the banks were able to reverse this prior to clients accessing their grants.
WARNING: VIDEO NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS: Gauteng law enforcement officers led a COVID-19 lockdown joint operation in Soweto to enforce regulations and compliance. During the operations, expired meat products were found at a butchery near Bara taxi rank. The owner was arrested and the business closed.