Pretoria suburbs to face 10-hour power outage on Saturday

Planned 10-hour shutdown for urgent repairs

The City of Tshwane will switch off a key power line on Saturday, leaving several Pretoria suburbs without electricity for 10 hours from 08h00 until 18h00 while maintenance and repairs are carried out.

What is being switched off and why

The City of Tshwane’s Energy and Electricity Business Unit will switch off a 132 kV Line 1 that supplies the Waltloo and Rooival substations. The city said the shutdown will allow technical services and primary distribution teams to carry out urgent maintenance and repairs on the affected line.

The municipality described the work as a proactive measure aimed at preventing major breakdowns and improving the reliability and stability of the City of Tshwane’s electrical network.

Affected areas

Power supply will be interrupted in the following areas for the duration of the shutdown:

• Silverton
• Nellmapius Extensions 1 and 4
• Eersterust
• Silvertondale
• East Lynne
• Queenswood
• Waverley
• Kliner Park
• Koedoespoort Industrial
• Transnet works

Safety and contact details

The city urged residents to treat all electrical installations as live throughout the duration of the interruption and apologised for any inconvenience the work may cause.

“The City of Tshwane apologises profusely for the inconvenience that may be caused as a result of the above-mentioned work.”

To report power outages, consumers must contact the City of Tshwane customer care centre on 012 358 9999 and choose option 3, or SMS the word “power” followed by the account number to 082 612 0333 or 44676.

What the city says next

The municipality said the shutdown will allow its teams to carry out urgent maintenance and repairs on the affected line to help prevent major breakdowns and improve network stability.