Eskom load-shedding has a damaging impact on our electricity infrastructure and this can lead to prolonged power outages

Higher levels of load-shedding have a negative effect on our electricity network and infrastructure, and it inhibits our ability to attend to outages. As frequently communicated, our electricity networks were never designed for load-shedding and therefore continuously switching the network on and off has a major damaging impact on the infrastructure.

Residents should be aware that the combination of higher levels of load-shedding day after day, week after week is disastrous to our network. Consequently, the City is experiencing challenges when restoring the power after the scheduled load-shedding period.

The reality is that the City’s resources are severely stretched by having to continuously switch the electricity on and off in the various regions of Tshwane. The same team that implements Eskom’s load-shedding plays a critical role in the repair and maintenance of our electricity network. This means that during this rolling blackouts period, our teams will have significantly less time available to work on restoring electricity outages that are not related to load-shedding.

Despite these challenges, our electricity teams are committed to ensuring that the City restores all power outages as speedily as possible.

We would like to call on residents to help us limit the negative effects of load-shedding by switching off appliances during loadshedding and only leaving a light on to let you know when the power returns. Only turn your appliances back on after some time has passed (10 to 20 minutes). This will assist to avoid high energy surges that often cause the circuit breakers to trip in some areas.

On our part, the City will monitor the situation closely and ensure that we respond swiftly to all electricity network challenges that arise due to high levels of load-shedding.

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