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Power in these areas will be affected this week as the City does electrical infrastructure maintenance

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The City of Cape Town is busy with maintenance work on the electrical infrastructure for the week in various areas of the metro.

This will necessitate supply interruptions for the safety of all concerned.

Areas affected by required electricity maintenance for 15 – 21 November 2021:

PLANNED MAINTENANCE 15 – 21 NOVEMBER 2021

DATE

AREA AND LOCATION/STREET

START

COMPLETION FORECAST

15 November

Constantia: Zonnestraal, Alphen and Upper Alphen substations, Peter Cloete, Vineyard, Alphen and Leith.

09:00

16:00

16 November

Century City: Emerald Way, Ploughmans Crescent, Summer Greens and vicinity.

08:00

16:00

16 November

Rocklands: Bronze, Silver, Sapphire and vicinity.

08:00

16:00

16 November

Diep River: Annandale substation, Fairmead, Fairdale, Edgewear, Old Kendal, Pineview, Melrose Place, Suring and Mimosa.

09:00

16:00

17 November

Somerset West: Lourens, Reitz, Fagan, Andries Pretorius and Hunterslane

08:00

18:00

17 November

Constantia: Porter, Parade and Firgrove.

09:00

16:00

17 November

Constantia: Klaasenbosch substation, PM 372 substation, Sun Valley, Versveld, Tanja, Brommersvlei, Eugene and Marais.

09:00

16:00

18 November

Claremont: Scott, Crescent, Molteno, Ripelby, Main and Firs.

 

06:00

18:00

18 November

Rondebosch: Muir Road substation, Garton, Portland, Weltevreden and Swanmore.

06:00

16:00

19 November

Newlands: Chinese Embassy substation, Kirstenwood substation, Orchard Heights, Rhodes, Alow, Willow, Briar and Almond .

09:00

16:00

19 November

Newlands: Fernwood substation, Shamrock substation, Poplar, Birch, Thorn, Bisset, Prospect and Upper Holly.

09:00

16:00

20 November

Kraaifontein: Hofmeyer, Milton

08:30

18:00

20 November

Kraaifontein: Drostdy and Peerless Park North,

08:30

18:00

21 November

Maitland: Loco Road.

05:30

16:00

21 November

Llandudno: Llandudno substation, Gully, Maori, Liermans and Logiesbay

06:00

14:00

21 November

Kensington: Kensington Station.

08:00

16:00

Tips:

  • Where possible, please switch off appliances at the wall socket ahead of maintenance to reduce the risk of damage 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.

City’s service channels (don’t log the same request multiple times on multiple channels as this contributes to delays):

Call Centre: 0860 103 089

SMS: 31220 (standard charges apply)

Online: www.capetown.gov.za/servicerequests

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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