KSD municipal bosses have warned Mthatha residents and business owners to brace themselves for a total blackout of the town on Wednesday. A notice from municipal manager Ngamela Pakade forwarded to DispatchLIVE on Tuesday afternoon said…
Newvale residents recently barricaded Dahlia Street with burning tyres in a protest against illegal electricity connections. Speaking to The Rep, resident Noluvuyo Mshekisi said wires and cables ran through a field from Aloe T informal…
Madeira Park residents barricaded the N6 earlier today causing traffic congestion in a protest over power outage Video: ZINTLE BOBELO
Madeira Park residents barricaded the N6 earlier today causing traffic congestion in a protest over power outage Video: ZINTLE BOBELO
Parts of Mlungisi in Komani were hit by a power outage in the early hours of this morning but the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality says power will be restored today. “There is a blown cable termination at Polar Park and some areas are now…
Municipal debt to Eskom is fast approaching the R30bn mark, after it shot up by more than R8bn in the last 12 months. This is according to figures presented to parliament’s standing committee on appropriations on Wednesday night by…
Power outages caused by a technical glitch in some parts of Mlungisi township have been repaired after a technical team found an electrocuted crow on the McEwan pumpstation line, Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality spokesperson, Lonwabo Kowa…
The Chris Hani District Municipality has indicated that Indwe and surrounding townships are currently without water. This follows a power outage which had affected water supply in the area. Spokesperson Thobeka Mqamelo said the…
The breaker feeding the Komani one line tripped at the Eskom sub-station earlier this morning leaving the whole town without electricity. According to a statement on the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality facebook page, electricians from…
A group of residents from Enkululekweni in Mlungisi who have been without electricity for three weeks invaded the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality executive mayor’s office this morning demanding a resolution on the power outage situation…
A power outage affecting the Komani CBD is expected to be restored soon. Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality spokesperson Gcobani Msindwana indicated the outage, which had also affected the Komani Town Hall, was due to electricity overload.…
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality acting communications manager, Gcobani Msindwana, has indicated that a power outage affecting residents at Winterberg Street in Top Town is due to faulty and rotten cables. Msindwana has confirmed that…
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality spokesman Gcobani Msindwana has confirmed that power has been restored in areas that were affected by power outages in Mlungisi since Sunday. Magxaki, Nomzamo, Eskom and Khayelitsha were out of electricity…
Residents in Magxaki, Khayelitsha, Eskom, Nomzamo and KwaZakhele have been without electricity since Sunday. Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality spokesman Gcobani Msindwana said the power outage was due to “severe cable faults” that needed…
