Dogged by power woes

BLEAK: RESIDENTS FAIL TO GET THEIR XMAS WISH FOR END TO OUTAGES

- Marizka Coetzer

All the residents from Louwlardia in Centurion wanted for Christmas was a new substation and fewer power outages going into the new year, but they will have to settle for 1.3 km feeder cables instead.

Residents from Golden Fields, Heritage Hill and Candlewoods Estate are still waiting for a solution after they collaborated in 2023 and drafted three petitions which were sent to the City of Tshwane regarding the frequent unscheduled power outages.

Golden Fields estate manager Morne Lindeque said Golden Fields and the surrounding estates have been suffering with unscheduled outages since 2020. The situation has since become worse.

"It is a clear-cut matter that Louwlardia urgently needs a new substation and new feeder cables to fix these problems," he said.

Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba said the power outages in Louwlardia, which have been experienced since October 2023, were largely caused by vandalism at the substation and theft of feeder cables.