Lack of communication from Eskom leftresidents in the dark

JOBURG – Many residents were reportedly affected by power outages last week
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Residents continued to report power outages on the morning of 15 June, some reported that they had been without power for more than 24 hours.

Various households were affected a result of industrial action currently effecting Eskom.

And the communication to municipalities from Eskom left a lot to be desired. This according to the City of Johannesburg’s MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Nico de Jager.

De Jager said that despite the City receiving communication that the parastatal was able to continue meeting the demand for power generation on the eve of 14 June, a number of Johannesburg communities, and those in other municipalities, were left without light due to a widespread power failure.

“Effective communication of power failures and the need for load shedding was only communicated late ,” he said.

The City was left unable to make the required plans to mitigate the impact on residents, De Jager continued.

“We urge all our customers to use electricity sparingly and to treat all installations as live to prevent unsafe incidents.”

City Power later announced that Joburgers might have to endure stage-2 load shedding. The entity encouraged residents to look at the load shedding timetable on City Power’s website to see if their area would be affected.