City of Joburg loses R300m a day due to load shedding
“The outages in most of these areas are due to, among others, multiple faults, equipment failures, vandalism and theft. The backlogs are exacerbated byMangena said City Power has beefed up teams in the problematic areas to tackle the backlogs.
“We are recalling all our resources off shift which should alleviate some of the challenges. We are also in a process of recruiting about 150 technicians with 70 of them ready to start on 1 December, with the rest starting early next year.” “We are continuing to ramp up maintenance of our infrastructure to avoid failures, even though load shedding is not assisting,” Mangena said.on the city’s resources and infrastructure cannot be ignored.
“City Power has lost in excess of over R300 million a day since July to repair and replace failed equipment during the 99 days of load shedding. We are working alongside councillors in different regions to ensure customers are informed of the challenges and are able to plan their lives.”
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