The City of Cape Town said that the rolling blackouts have had a negative impact on its electrical infrastructure.
It said that it had spent R800 million on repairs and maintenance on electricity infrastructure between July and October this year alone.
The city’s mayoral committee member for energy, Beverly van Reenen, said that its infrastructure is not designed for continuous bouts of power cuts.
“The damage caused leads to prolonged outages after load shedding and high volumes of service requests. Our teams are working throughout the festive season and will continue to carry out maintenance and upgrades to critical infrastructure as well as dealing with damage caused by load shedding, including from theft and vandalism done under the cover of darkness.”
-EWN
In other news – Enhle Mbali opens up on her miracle baby
South African star, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa has opened up about her “miracle baby” and plans to expand her family in the future. The actress is a mother to two — Anesu, 11, and Asante, 7, from her previous marriage to Grammy-award-winning DJ and producer Nkosinathi “Black Coffee” Maphumulo.
In an Instagram live, Enhle got candid about when she was told she would never bear more children. “There was a point I was told I wasn’t going to bear more children and then a miracle happened and Asante was born”. Learn More