Storms in the Western Cape have left thousands without power days after poor weather conditions have started to clear.
“Eskom has intensified efforts to restore electricity supply to customers and has significantly reduced the number of customers without electricity to 15 000,” it says in an X announcement, claiming that it had managed to connect several thousands of people in just one day as there were around 82 000 people without power on Monday.
A further “major setback” was suffered by Eskom in the Eastern Cape, also brought about by inclement weather. Anpublished Tuesday tells of power interruptions in the province impacting Peddie, Cintsa, Butterworth and Centane areas within the Amathole District Municipality, as well as Lusikisiki, Tsolo, and Mthata within the OR Tambo District Municipality, as well as Mount Ayliff and Mount Frere within the Alfred Nzo District Municipality.
Windstorms in KZN have led to “extensive faults” in Eskom infrastructure according to a statement shared on Wednesday. Heavy wind in the province has affected supply to five substations in the Empangeni area, including Nseleni, Kwambonambi, Mtubatuba, Hluhluwe and Mkuze substations are seeing supply interruptions.
Officials in the Western Cape are placing the blame for the sustained bad weather and storms on the effects of climate change. According to“I don’t know if you could actually invest for a flood like this. It requires long-term planning. We have to make sure those plans start rolling out into the future,” said Alan Winde, Western Cape premier.In April 2022, catastrophic floods in KZN left 459 people dead and thousands without homes as mass floods wracked the province.
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