It’s lights out in Brackenfell but the City of Cape Town is working on the problem. Photo: Adobe Stock
Brackenfell power outage: Electricity restored
‘City teams will do their best to find the cause and restore power as soon as possible,’ said the City of Cape Town.
It’s lights out in Brackenfell but the City of Cape Town is working on the problem. Photo: Adobe Stock
The City of Cape Town confirmed that the electricity supply to parts of Brackenfell has been interrupted on Saturday, 23 April.
CITY CONFIRMS BRACKENFELL POWER OUTAGE
The City of Cape Town said its response teams are investigating the matter. However, an estimated time of restoration is not available at this stage.
The outage is not related to load shedding.
“City teams will do their best to find the cause and restore power as soon as possible,” said the metropolitan municipality.
UPDATE:
Brackenfell Ward Councillor Alderman Marian Nieuwoudt said electricity has been restored.
“We heard a bang from the Eskom substation in Protea Heights but although has been restored they are still investigating,” said Nieuwoudt to The South African at 21:52.
The City of Cape is yet to issue an update about the cause of the power outage.
Areas that will be affected by electrical maintenance next week:
| DATE | AREA | LOCATION/STREET | START TIME | EXPECTED END TIME |
| 25 April | Hout Bay | Main Road | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 25 April | Hout Bay | Valley, Main and Dorman | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 25 April | Hout Bay | Kestrel Way, Kingfisher Close, Cormorant Close and Valley | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 25 April | Hout Bay | Valley, Lavender and Rivoine | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 26 April | Strand | Savana Mews | 08:30 | 18:00 |
| 26 April | Strand | Green Acre Terraces | 08:30 | 18:00 |
| 26 April | Durbanville | Batis, Hadeda, Bateleur, Lynwood, Felicia, Oriaol and Fairtrees | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 26 April | Kenilworth | Gibson, Abingdon, Marlo, Sheerness, Blackheath, Bolus and Ascot | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 26 April | Constantia | Southern Cross, Ringwood and Glen | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 28 April | Wetton | Cypress, Woodlands, Meadow, Canal and Plantation | 06:00 | 18:00 |
| 28 April | Lentegeur | Afrikaner, Brakbos, Violet, Kalossie, Begonia, Arum and vicinity | 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 28 April | Strand | Monaco, Beach, De Beers, Ellenhoff, Chasmar, Sojan and Pips Place | 08:30 | 18:00 |
| 28 April | Strand | De Beers, Beach, Topaz, Tembuza and Wilberforce | 08:30 | 18:00 |
| 28 April | Boston | Louis Leypoldt (Erf 25285) | 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 29 April | Wynberg | Main and India | 09:00 | 16:00 |
The information in the table was correct at the time of publication.
