FRIDAY, 06 NOVEMBER 2020: Theft at Warden Rural Substation during the early
hours of this morning resulted in a loss of electricity supply to Warden,
Zenzeleni and surrounding rural lines.
Eskom customers on the Warden-Gryskop,
Warden-Reitz, Warden-Verkykerskop, Warden-Sterkdam, Warden-Witkoppen and
Warden-Holspruit lines are affected.
An estimated restoration time is still unknown but
in cases such as this one where substation equipment has been severely damaged,
it can be expected that the outage will last for an extended period.
Eskom condemns this criminal behaviour which is
not only costing Eskom and municipalities millions but also results in
inconvenience to electricity consumers.
Those who are affected by the outage are urged to
treat electrical equipment as live and dangerous at all times as electricity
supply may be switched on without notice.
For more information and updates, contact the
Eskom Contact Centre at 08600 ESKOM / 37566.
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