The eThekwini Municipality has announced a planned power outage in the Mpumalanga Township (Hammarsdale) in KwaZulu-Natal. This outage will affect residents for three consecutive weekends, including Mondays, from 5:00 to 17:00. The power outage is necessary for Eskom to carry out maintenance work on the electrical infrastructure at the Georgedale Substation.
The eThekwini Municipality has announced a planned power outage in certain areas of KwaZulu-Natal that will take place over three consecutive weekends. The municipality has urged residents in the affected area to make necessary arrangements and plan for the outage. The Eskom planned power outage will affect the Mpumalanga Substation. \According to a statement, the Mpumalanga Township, also known as Hammarsdale , located in KwaZulu-Natal’s eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality will be affected.
The area will not have power supply for these weekends from 5:00 to 17:00. This power outage will occur over multiple weekends, including Mondays. The municipality said: “Eskom power outage to affect Mpumalanga Substation over multiple weekends. The public is advised of a planned power outage which will interrupt electricity supply from the Mpumalanga Substation over three weekends (including Mondays).”\The power outage is due to maintenance. The statement further explained: “The supply interruption is required to allow Eskom to refurbish the electrical infrastructure at the Georgedale Substation which feeds the Mpumalanga Substation. To execute this work safely, it is necessary to interrupt electricity supply at the Mpumalanga Substation.” The maintenance is said to help improve the quality of power supply. It will also “improve the reliability of these substation.” eThekwini also issued a safety warning to the public during the outages. They urged that all electrical installations should be treated as live and residents can contact the municipality regarding any enquiries. “During this outage, the public is advised to treat all electrical installations as live. For further information and enquiries relating to the outage, call the contact centre on 080 3111 111.
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