Several Joburg suburbs in the dark (again)
Several areas in Johannesburg are without power again following another trip at the damaged Mayfair substation.
The substation tripped again on Wednesday evening.
City Power says a team has been working on the matter overnight and is still on-site in Nasrec attending to repair the damage.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says preliminary investigation suggests that the damage as the aftermath caused by the tree that fell on our power lines early in the week.
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"An extensive damage was caused on the pylon structures down the line from where the tree fall happened, resulting in intermittent outages due to high voltage insulators blowing up.
"Technicians will this morning be replacing all High Voltage insulators on the affected towers to ensure we don't experience another failure," said Mangena.
Areas that will remain without power include Auckland Park, Braamfontein, Melville and Parktown.
"Should all go according to plan, we expect the work to be completed by midday on Thursday after which power will be restored,” says Mangena.
