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The Gauteng Environment and Infrastructure Services Department said that while the continuous rainfall posed a challenge, the rolling power cuts made it hard for city power to effectively attend to these outages.
Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse has asked Eskom to grant the metro a three-day reprieve from stage 5 load-shedding as City Power teams struggle to keep up with faults.
The escalating faults and outages in combination with torrential rain have led to the City of Joburg asking for a break from load-shedding
After at least 24 hours without electricity, most lights should be back on in Witpoortjie and Grobler Park in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg.
Several areas were plunged into darkness after heavy rains and flash floods.