Parts of Johannesburg suburbs without electricity

[James]

Most of the south and the south western parts of Johannesburg suburbs were without electricity on Sunday, City Power said.

"City Power technicians are on site attending to the problem," said spokesman Sol Masolo.

The affected areas were Hursthill, Eikenhof, Mayfair, Industria, Soweto, Eldorado Park, Nirvana, Nancefield, Pennyville and Baragwanath.

The outage was caused by a loss of power on an 88kv line from Orlando Substation,...read more here: Parts of Johannesburg suburbs without electricity

 

[MalicE]

Our tax Randelas hard at work. Go ANC!

 

[InSanity]

Well im not anywhere near there but I havent had power or water since 9am phone coj ... their response we not sure what the problem is we are investigating...

 

[McT]

First bit of rain and the power goes out. Typical for Joburg though. Expect chaos with the traffic lights tomorrow.

 

[Tsar]

heh. Viva la south africa. Can't even keep the power going what a joke.