City Power has managed to slash its power outage calls backlog to 2 000 from 5 000. Most of the calls are due to the heavy flooding across Johannesburg on 5 and 6 December. | IamAlexSweet
MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department Michael Sun and City Power Roodepoort Service Delivery Centre GM Sibusiso Xulu inspect the mini substation at the Manufacta Substation which blew up as a result of the floods, leaving the suburb without electricity for three-days.Most of the calls were due to the Joburg floods on 5 and 6 December.
Last week Phalatse asked the power utility for a respite because the blackouts were making it almost impossible to repair the infrastructure damaged by the storm. The mayor said City Power and Eskom had used their discretion to decide on the areas that were under pressure with maintenance and repair backlogs to be given some reprieve from load shedding.
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