City Power says 98% of the repairs required for the first phase of electricity restoration following the damage at Mayfair Substation in Johannesburg have been completed.
Essential services, including Netcare Garden City Hospital, the South African Broadcastign Corporation (SABC) and Sentech, are expected to have their electricity supply restored gradually later on Thursday evening.
The prolonged outage continues to affect residents and businesses in Mayfair, Auckland Park, Brixton, Crosby, Vrededorp and several surrounding areas, with some customers expected to remain without electricity until next weekend as repair work continues.
“City Power anticipates that some of the remaining affected customers could be restored as early as Sunday, while the last group may only be reconnected by next weekend. These are estimated timelines, subject to progress with the repairs and the safety tests that need to be completed before restoration can take place,” says City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena.
VIDEO | Mangena says some of the results from the tests they conducted on Wednesday were not satisfactory hence the delay in restoration:
-Report by Siphesihle Nhlapo