Parts of Gauteng to experience a 9-hour power outage on Monday
Eskom will carry out maintenance work on Monday, 9 September, causing power outages in several areas of Gauteng.
Certain areas in Gauteng will experience a nine-hour power outage because of Eskom’s scheduled maintenance.
The maintenance is scheduled for Monday, 9 September, from 9:00 – 18:00.
GAUTENG AREAS AFFECTED BY ESKOM PLANNED POWER OUTAGE
The power utility said there will be electricity supply disruption in Soweto due to maintenance that will be conducted on the distribution network.
The power outage will affect customers in Mmesi Park and Old Dobsonville on Monday, 9 September, from 9:00 – 18:00. The second outage will affect customers Vosloorus extensions 2, 14, 23, 25, 28 and 30 also from 9:00 – 18:00 on the same day.
Eskom said the interruption of electricity is necessary to perform essential maintenance on our distribution power lines.
CUSTOMERS URGED TO TREAT ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AS LIVE
In the interest of safety, Eskom said customers should treat all electrical appliances as live at all times during the power outage.
“Eskom apologises for any inconvenience that may be caused by this maintenance. Should circumstances beyond the control of Eskom arise, the planned electricity maintenance may not proceed as communicated,” the power utility added.
In addition, Eskom said should circumstances beyond its control, the planned power outage in Gauteng may not proceed as communicated.
LOAD SHEDDING FREE SUMMER?
Meanwhile, South Africans have gone without load shedding for over 160 consecutive days. As a result, Eskom has reduced its diesel expenditure by R12 billion.
In August, the power utility also announced that for the summer period from 1 September 2024 – 31 March 2025 there will likely be no load shedding due to structural generation improvements.
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane noted that there has been a structural shift in the performance of the utility’s coal fleet.
“That structural shift is evidenced in the reduction of unplanned outages and from the performance of 152 days without load shedding. In contrast to where we were last December sends a signal that something, fundamentally, has shifted and it is all on the back of the generation recovery plan.
“The performance has been above expectation and it is beefed by the interventions we have executed from a generation recovery plan. This performance needs to be institutionalised so that our ways of working as a business do not go back to where we were,” he said at the time.