Kyle Cooksen News Today

Prolonged power outages in Sir Lowry’s Pass have residents hot under the collar, bemoaning the situation that literally left them in the dark and at their wits’ end.

The Cederberg Municipality wants the flood-hit West Coast area to be declared a local disaster after flooding this week cut it off from the rest of the province.

Despite demands for a solution to a decade-old problem, a Sir Lowry’s Pass community is left battling continuous electricity-supply disruptions allegedly as a result of illegal connections.