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Frustrated community members marched to City Power's Doornfontein Depot on Saturday after the utility implemented emergency load reduction on Friday night. This amid prolonged power cuts in parts of the Joburg inner city.
Resident in the east of Johannesburg, including those in Kensington, Houghton Estate, and Yeoville, have now been without power for a third day after a substation caught fire on Saturday morning.
Kensington and its surrounding areas were plunged into darkness on Saturday after the substation caught fire and City Power on Sunday said while the damage is extensive, it has made progress with the repairs.
The city’s power utility has been undergoing a revenue collection drive throughout the metro, urging residents to pay for the services they consume to avoid being cut off from the electricity supply.
A cut-off operation is underway in the area to disconnect power to ten of these businesses.