Load Shedding in Joburg: City Power Takes Charge

The Handover: The Power Shift: From next Monday, Joburg’s City Power will have their hands on the load shedding button, bringing relief to residents who’ve been under the dark cloud of four-hour power cuts. What’s Changing?: “Areas that are load shed by City Power will remain on a two-hour schedule even during Stages 5 and […]

Substantial Loss of Infrastructure: 10,000 Litres of Transformer Oil Pilfered Amid Vandalism

Massive Outages Triggered by Vandalism and Theft Recent weeks have seen residents of Randburg’s suburbs suffering from constant outages, courtesy of vandalism and theft from local substations. These substations, jointly operated by City Power and Eskom, are responsible for powering a majority of the local area. The Growing Concern Over Infrastructure Protection Local Councillor and […]