UPDATE: 17 August 2025 – 19:30 ALERT: NIGHTLY WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION IS BEING EFFECTED TONIGHT 》 ONLY FOR TONIGHT (Sun, 17 Aug 2025): In providing some high-lying area residents reprieve; pumps at Newton Reservoirs will be switched off at 23:00. ...
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UPDATE: 17 August 2025 – 15:00 DAY-3: RESTORATION OF WATER SUPPLY TO LARGE PARTS OF KIMBERLEY Newton Reservoirs Levels: The levels recorded at 14:00 today are; – Reservoir 102 megalitres: 10.8 feet (67.5%) – Reservoir 98 megalitres: 9.11 feet (56.9 ...
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UPDATE: 14 AUGUST 2025 – 09:40 ALERT: TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – ROODEPAN Cause: Explosion on 11kV overhead line from Switchouse No2 in Roodepan. Our electricians are on-site attending to the fault in an effort to restore supply. We plead ...
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UPDATE: 13 August 2025 – 20:49 ALERT: WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – NEWTON RESERVOIRS PUMPS SWITCHED-OFF Cause: Burst 350 mm diameter pipe located in Holland Road (New Park), prompting a swith-off of Newton Reservoirs pumps in order to effect the repair ...
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UPDATE: 3 August 2025 – 19:00 UPDATE: DELAYS – BULK WATER SUPPLY RESTORATION SET FOR 22:00 * Cable connections completed. Load setting in progress amid the upgrade of the electrical transformer at Riverton Water Treatment Works. A new 10 MVA ...
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UPDATE: 21 June 2025 – 14:10 WATER SUPPLY RESTORED – HERLEAR, BEACONSFIELD, BELGRAVIA, ERNESTVILLE, GREENPOINT Water supply has been restored to all of the above-mentioned areas. Broken butterfly-valve located in Carrington Road repaired. Residents are encouraged to report all water ...
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UPDATE: 17 June 2025 – 14:35 ALERT: TEMPORARY WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION DUE TO BURST PIPE – PUMPS SWITCHED-OFF AT NEWTON RESERVOIRS – IMPACT ON HIGH-LYING AREAS Kimberley CBD and surrounding suburbia will experience low tap pressure to no-tap-flow lasting for ...
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UPDATE: 08 JUNE 2025 – 15:30 ALERT: POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – ASHBURNHAM SUBSTATION SUPPLIED AREAS The municipality’s electricians are at the H.A Morris Substation to assess fault on Ashburnham Substation feeder, supplying the following areas; * Florianville, Gemdene, West End, ...
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UPDATE: 07 JUNE 2025 – 19:45 DAY-THREE: POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – JACKSONVILLE The Sol Plaatje Municipality’s Electrical Department is making progress in its all-out-effort to restore power supply to Roodepan’s Jacksonville area: * Joining on underground repaired cable (feeder to ...
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