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botswana offers mzansi electricity

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City power has started exempting some hospitals from load-shedding

By Zuko Komisa Certain hospitals and clinics in the City of Johannesburg will be exempt from the country's load-shedding thanks to City Power. Due to the difficulties that some healthcare facilities encounter as a result of power outages, they will now be excluded. Only roughly 10 of the municipality's more than 130 health facilities can be exempted. Also Read: Zingiswa Losi re-elected as the COSATU president for a second term […]

today30/09/2022

7.4%

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Johannesburg residents to fork out 7.4% more for electricity

By: Natasha Archary Johannesburg residents will have to dig deeper into their pockets as City Power implements a 7.4% price hike on electricity. The new tariff will be put into immediate effect for July after the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) approved the increase. City Power initially proposed a 9.61% average increase but after consideration of the current economic conditions, a revision was proposed. In a statement City […]

today05/07/2022

mass outages

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City Power struggles to keep lights on post loadshedding with mass outages

By: Natasha Archary For a third consecutive day frustrated Johannesburg residents have gone without power for hours post loadshedding. This as City Power claim the regional infrastructure is showing strain as the system overloads, leading to mass outages. Angry residents in northern suburbs especially have been hit the hardest, with an outage in Roodepoort and surrounding areas going on since Sunday morning. Over the weekend City Power shared that Stage […]

today29/06/2022

Candles

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City Power on blast as angry residents without power for over 16-hours

By: Natasha Archary Disgruntled residents from various parts of Johannesburg have put City Power on blast, as they go hours without power. Residents from Northcliff, Bergbron, parts of Randburg, Roosevelt Park and surrounding areas have been without power from 03h00 on Sunday, 26 June. Issuing the communication below, City Power told residents power had been fully restored to Bergbron, Discovery, Florida Glen, Maraisburg, Roodepoort and surrounding areas. However, this was […]

today27/06/2022

underground fire

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Restoring power in CBD will take up to 5-days

By: Natasha Archary It could take up to 5-days to fully restore power to those areas affected by the underground fire in Joburg CBD. This according to City Power who were on Tuesday given the green light to enter the tunnels and assess the extent of the damage. On Monday, EMS responded to the fire which broke out under the city, with extraction equipment required to expunge all the smoke. […]

today29/03/2022

Johannesburg south

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Johannesburg south plunged into darkness after substation fire

Kaya News Reporter   Parts of Johannesburg South has been plunged into darkness following a fire at a substation.  The outage is a result of a fire at the Lotus substation caught fire around midnight.  Affected areas include:  Zakariya Park Vlakfontein Hospital Hills  Parts of Lenasia South  The cause of the fire is yet to be established but preliminary investigations suggest the feeder board is completely burned down.  An estimated […]

today14/01/2022

City Power

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City Power backtracks and will adhere to loadshedding schedule for Joburg

Kaya News Reporter   Backtracking on its earlier statement, City Power will go ahead with Eskom's loadshedding schedule for Joburg. On Sunday the Johannesburg municipality said there was no reason for loadshedding to be implemented in the city. This after securing an additional 220 MW in electricity from the privately owned Kelvin Power station. The municipality believed this would give residents respite against Eskom's loadshedding. However, on Monday City Power […]

today25/10/2021

Robertsham substation fire

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Transformers damaged in Robertsham substation fire

By Kaya 959 Reporter A fire at a substation in Robertsham this week destroyed two main transformers and left several areas without power. City Power says each transformer had about 20 litres each of oil for insulation. Emergency teams used foam to put out the fire. The fire razed down two main transformers and damaged other equipment - leaving many areas in Johannesburg south in darkness. "Two transformers that survived […]

today21/10/2021

Fire/ Pexels

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Joburg man burnt to death after breaking into substation

By Kaya 959 Reporter A man was burnt to death after he allegedly broke into a substation that then exploded. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the man allegedly broke into the substation on 13th Street in Linden to steal parts when the substation caught alight and blew up. "He was burnt beyond recognition. Emergency services and the police attended the scene which has since been cleared," Mangena said. Police […]

today21/09/2021

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