Tag Archives: Electricity

One of the two Eskom generators that went offline earlier today has now been repaired and is producing power. “The system remains vulnerable, meaning that any extra load or faults in the system may necessitate the need to implement load-shedding,” spokesman ...

The power system is expected to remain constrained but stable this week. This is according to a news release from Eskom on 29 December 2014. The release says that the risk of load shedding is low during this period. However, ...

New Years:  The Sol Plaatje cashiers will close at 12h30 on Wednesday, 31 December 2014 and will reopen on the Friday, 02 January 2015 at 07h45.  Residents may use Pick and Pay and the Post Office for the payment of accounts ...

The electricity is off in parts of Beaconsfield, Landbou Road and Greenside due to a problem at the substation.  Sol Plaatje Municipality is attending to the problem.

Complete this form to request help from the Kimberley Infrastructure Volunteers to escalate service delivery issues not attended to. We also collect information on the public’s experience with the Sol Plaatje Call Centre and the reporting of problems and issues ...

Residents guide on correctly reporting faults to The Sol Plaatje Municipal Infrastructure Call Centre. Problems and faults need to be reported to Sol Plaatje Municipality before it can be entered into the queue of issues to be dealt with. It is ...

07:00 17/12/2014: Although all four generating units which went offline yesterday have been restored the power grid remains under strain. 18:00 16/12/2014: Eskom has managed to bring 2 of the 4 generating units which failed this morning back online. This leaves ...

Update 08:15 12/12/2014:  Eskom stated that the probability of load-shedding is low today, but there is a 50% probability of loadshedding some time over this weekend. Update 06:42 12/12/2014: Updates will be posed as soon as the weekend loadshedding forecast is available ...

08:50 11/12/2014: Eskom downgraded the loadshedding probability for today to LOW. The power grid is still in a RED status indicating that although power supply is expected to meet the forecasted demands, the margins are very tight.  Please use electricity sparingly ...

When a city wide blackout is in affect because of Stage 3 loadshedding your taps can go dry as well. The Kimberley / Sol Plaatje water supply network relies on booster pumps and other electrical reliant infrastructure to supply water and ...