Municipal Related Notices

UPDATE: 30 OCTOBER 2022 – 07:38 There was a 66kV trip at HA Morris substation. The standby team is inspecting all affected substations in order to verify any fault conditions. Once this is completed, the team will then head to ...

UPDATE: 13 October 2022 – 13:35 Newton Reservoir is apparently turned off to allow Sol Plaatje to do repairs near Newton Primary School. Is is not yet known how long repairs will be or when water will be turned on ...

The Traffic department is closing the N12 to allow the Fire Department to deal with a fire close to the road. Based on social media reports, the fire appears to be out on the JHB side of the N12 in ...

Tyala substation station will be switched off this morning, the 12th October 2022 at 08:30am till 11:00am to allow the Parks and gardens section to cut the trees obstructing the power lines. Areas affected will be Sobantu, Hulana area, No2 ...

UPDATE: 11 October 2022 – 09:29 According to Sol Plaatle Call Centre, Newton Reservoir is empty and as such all valves have been closed so that Riverton can pump water into Newton Reservoir and fill it up again. This is ...

UPDATE: 10 October 2022 – 17:29 Waterworks has completed repairs at Cnr George and Waterworks street. They are only waiting for the Electrical department before cleaning up the road. The pumps have been turned back on at Newton, supply should ...

UPDATE: 10 October 2022 – 09:45 Most areas have started receiving water already. We Started Newton at 05H00am this morning we are filling the system gradually to minimize the possibility of burst pipes. We are Currently running on full capacity ...

ROAD CLOSURES DURING WATER SHUTDOWN – 7-10 October 2022 The Sol Plaatje Municipality hereby gives notice that Cnr Waterworks & Jacobus Smit and Cnr Waterworks and Rogers Streets will be temporarily closed from Friday 7th October till Monday 10th October ...

UPDATE: 4 OCTOBER 2022 – 13:44 Electricians are done with the cable in Samaria street. Currently busy with the next 2nd fault. Its now brought to the electricians attention that cables at the pump station also got stolen. It will ...

UPDATE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 – 15:08 The cable fault was identified in Belgravia. A previous cable joint failed. The faulty section has already been cut out and the cables test clean. A new piece of high voltage cable will now ...