Four Johannesburg substations lost power on Tuesday morning after a man was electrocuted at an electricity tower in Hopefield, near Ennerdale.
“The electrocution also led to a extensive damage on some of the equipments including the 88kV red phase jumper on Eskom side.”Ennerdale substation - Ext 1-14;Lenasia South substation - Ext 1-4, Daxina Hospital, Joburg Water reservoir.
Mangena said technicians from Eskom and City Power were on site to investigate and do repairs, adding that repairs to all affected substations has been delayed as police were at the scene investigating the matter, “It is still not clear how long it will take for repairs to be done and power restored. We will communicate to the residents as and when information becomes available. We apologise for the inconvenience caused to the residents,” he said.
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