The FF Plus has questioned what Bheki Cele plans to do about a ‘wave of violence’ in the city – Image: City of Cape Town/ Twitter
Load-shedding: Cape Town suspends outages with immediate effect
The City of Cape Town has announced that it has suspended load-shedding with immediate effect on Friday afternoon.
The FF Plus has questioned what Bheki Cele plans to do about a ‘wave of violence’ in the city – Image: City of Cape Town/ Twitter
The City of Cape Town has announced that it has suspended load-shedding for City-supplied customers with immediate effect.
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City of Cape Town suspends load-shedding
In a statement issued by the City on Friday afternoon, the City of Cape Town confirmed that its clients would be enjoying a brief break from Eskom’s shenanigans.
“City suspends load-shedding for City-supplied customers. It is with immediate effect until 22:00 tonight. City customers will then move to Stage 1 load-shedding until 05:00 tomorrow, 12 March 2022.”
City of Cape Town
The statement promised that more updates on the situation will be presented as the situation unfolds, adding that it is attempting to do what it can for residents.
“The City continues to do all it can to protect its customers when possible.”
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Wait before logging service requests
Furthermore, the City explained that load-shedding often leads to a spike in reports on tripping. Residents were urged to be patient when the power fails to return on time during load-shedding, due to the matter likely already being attended to by technicians.
“Eskom’s load-shedding typically leads to increased service requests due to nuisance tripping. Please wait at least 30 minutes before logging a service request alerting the City that the power in your area has not come back after load-shedding. Often, the issue is already being attended to.”
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Strand, Somerset West facing loss of supply
Additionally, the City of Cape Town has acknowledged that there is an issue with electricity supply in Somerset West and Strand. In a statement on the situation, the City explained that it has exhausted all options to aid in the matter.
“There’s an Eskom loss of power supply impacting Somerset West and Strand. The City has exhausted all feasible options to assist with the supply. All connection cables were stolen. Eskom cannot provide a restoration time, and power could likely be off over the rest of the weekend.”
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