Business owners in Capital Park, Pretoria, are facing daily losses of R2500 on generators due to prolonged power outages. Frozen food is also spoiling at home. Residents and business owners are demanding answers from the local authorities.
Outages hit Capital Park for nine days total. Business owners lose R2500 daily on generators while frozen food spoils at home. Angry residents and business owners in Capital Park , Pretoria , want answers after prolonged power outages .
DA councillor Leon Kruyshaar said some parts of Capital Park had power outages for four days, then the power returned for 14 hours, only to go out again for another five days.said not only is the infrastructure old, with some of the cables as old as 40 to 70 years, but there was no maintenance. Kruyshaar said people’s safety has become a concern because the alarms run out and there’s no backup battery power any more.
DA Ward 58 candidate councillor Bongani Gama said the main problem in Capital Park was the power outages. Gama said another problem in the area was the lack of street lights.
‘Criminals use it as an opportunity to steal cables, which results in further power outages,’ he said. Neels Meiring said he was concerned, especially as winter approaches.
‘The power consumption will increase and if we are already getting power outages now, what can we expect in July? ’ he said. Meiring said a guesthouse in the area was also taking a knock because guests checked out early due to the power outages. Annetjie van der Merwe, who sells frozen homecooked food, said she couldn’t make money when the power is off.
‘Besides I need to cook on gas; I can’t freeze the meals. I have to throw away some food,’ she said. Isazi Propshaft & Battery Pro owner Hansie Jansen van Rensburg said they didn’t have power for three days. DA Tshwane spokesperson on utilities councillor Themba Fosi said the city’s infrastructure mismanagement leads to regional electricity infrastructure collapses.
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