The City of Cape Town announced an eight-hour power outage. Image: Pixabay.
ATTENTION: These Cape Town areas will be without electricity from 13 to 19 December
From 13 to 19 December several areas in the City of Cape Town will experience power cuts due to planned maintenance.
The City of Cape Town announced an eight-hour power outage. Image: Pixabay.
The City of Cape Town released the list of the areas that will be affected by its ongoing electrical infrastructure maintenance. The affected areas will be without electricity sometime from Monday, 13 December until Sunday, 19 December.
CAPE TOWN ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE CONTINUES
The City said routine regular maintenance takes place in various areas across the metropolitan municipality every day.
Residents are advised to switch off appliances at the wall socket ahead of the maintenance to reduce the potential damage that could be caused by power surges.
“The supply could be restored at any time, therefore residents should remember to treat all electrical installations as live for the full duration of the interruption,” said the City of Cape Town.
The areas affected by planned maintenance are:
| DATE | AREA AND STREET | START TIME | EXPECTED END TIME |
| Monday, 13 December | Hout Bay: Edgar, Oude Skip, Karaka, Doris, Sheeda and Helgarda | 6:00 | 18:00 |
| Bellville (Welgemoed): Chavonne, Plettenberg and Van Arkel | 8:00 | 14:00 | |
| Tuesday, 14 December | Strand: Webb, Abrahams, Liberty, Onverwacht, Mydrecht and Sandown | 6:00 | 8:30 |
| Glencairn: Forest, Glen, Gordon, Dunedin, St Andrews, Burnbrae and vicinity | 8:00 | 16:00 | |
| Hout Bay: Berg en Dal Consumer complex | 9:00 | 16:00 | |
| Tafelsig: Martin, Megan and vicinity | 8:30 | 18:00 | |
| Wednesday, 15 December | Tafelsig: Hobe, Linda and vicinity | 8:00 | 16:00 |
| Woodstock: Perth, Worcester, Cambridge, Christiaan | 23:00 | 00:00 | |
| Thursday, 16 December | Woodstock: Perth, Worcester, Cambridge, Christiaan | 00:00 | 06:30 |
| Newlands: Campground, Mona and Mariendhal | 6:00 | 18:00 | |
| Sunday, 19 December | Kaymore (Bellville): ERF 2527 | 8:00 | 16:00 |
| Elsies River: 19th Street, Third Avenue and Consani Road | 8:00 | 14:00 |
The information in the table above was correct at the time of publication
