UPDATE: 23 APRIL 2025 – 12:00 TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – LARGE PARTS OF GALESHEWE AND ITS IMPACT ON HIGH-LYING AREAS Cause: High-Tension cable damage in Absolom Street, Club 2000, linked to broken breaker at Galeshewe Substation. Impact: Galeshewe wide, ...
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UPDATE: 16 APRIL 2025 – 11:30 Areas serviced by Hadison Park Substation are currently affected by a power outage. At this stage we are unsure what the issue is as Sol Plaatje has not yet released any statement or info ...
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UPDATE: 13 April 2025 – 09:10 ALERT: NEWTON RESERVOIRS EMERGENCY SWITCH-OFF – URGENT ELECTRICAL REPAIR WORK Our Electrical Department and Waterworks teams are carrying out emergency repair work on an exposed electrical cable on the precinct. Repair Duration: The operation ...
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UPDATE: 11 April 2025 – 10:20 WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – DE BEERS (KIMBERLEY) 1. Repair Work Set To Unfold: Burst pipe located in Kenilworth Road, De Beers. 2. Impact: Low tap water pressure to no supply in De Beers. The ...
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UPDATE: 10 APRIL 2025 – 13:30 POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – PARTS OF ROODEPAN – NABORN AND FLATS (D & E) 1. Progress: Our Electrical Dept has located the two faults in feeders supplying power to SwitchHouse 2 from Midlands Substation. ...
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UPDATE: 10 April 2025 – 08:00 WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – WEST END 1. Waterworks repairing damaged pipe located in a ditch in Moore Street, West End. – Intensive repair work to be completed at around 12:00. 2. Impact: Low water ...
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TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE FOR THE SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY OPEN DAY Please note that Scanlan Street (between Lawson Street and Bishops Avenue) will be closed from 05:00 to 17:00 on Saturday, 12 April 2025 due to the annual Sol Plaatje ...
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UPDATE: 3 APRIL 2025 – 11:40 POWER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION – PARTS OF ROODEPAN – NABORN AND MAHALA PARK 1. Our electricians are working on restoring power supply to Roodepan’s Mahala Park and Naborn. 2. Possible Cause: Fault locating ongoing into ...
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UPDATE: 25 MARCH 2025 – 10:15 Social media reports suggest that power has been restored to affected areas. UPDATE: 25 MARCH 2025 – 09:55 Many areas are currently affected by a power outage. At this stage we are unsure what ...
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UPDATE: 24 March 2025 – 13:15 I was on site now. Valves have been closed, including next to Bakenskop church, to relieve pressure at the site. Once the site is clear of enough water, the contractor and municipality will decide ...
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