ActionSA Perturbed by Ongoing Power Outages in Roodepoort
Press Statement by Elmari Atterbury
ActionSA PR Councillor: Region C
Today marks 6 days of prolonged area outages in Roodepoort. Since Wednesday the 19th of February 2025, residents in almost all the wards in Roodepoort, not only had to deal with inclement weather conditions, flooding and badly repaired potholes opening again, but they also experienced vast outages in their areas. This has, unfortunately, become a daily occurrence in Roodepoort.
Residents often must deal with outages ranging anything from 24 hours to up to 14 days. Areas like Witpoortjie in Ward 71, especially Honeydew, Wilgeheuwel and Radiokop are synonymous with continuous and prolonged outages. Not a day goes by that Line 1 or Line 2, or both are off in Tshepisong. Strubensvalley, Little Falls, Radiokop. The list is just endless.
The agricultural holdings in Honeydew, Ambot AH and Wilgespruit, have recently come out of a 5-day outage. Agricultural Holdings in these areas are reliant on borehole water. Boreholes cannot function without electricity. Thus, this means that animals, in particular horses, are without drinking
water.
ActionSA is concerned that almost zero outages are dealt with within the prescribed SLA. What is even more disheartening is the lack of accurate feedback from City Power. On most occasions both residents and councillors are supplied with incorrect feedback or a statement copied and pasted from previous statements. All too often residents and councillors are met with no statements at all.
ActionSA implores Roodepoort SDC General Manager Mr. Sibusiso Xulu and his team to address these power outages in a timeous manner and supply clear and true feedback to the residents of Roodepoort.
ActionSA Perturbed by Ongoing Power Outages in Roodepoort
Today marks 6 days of prolonged area outages in Roodepoort. Since Wednesday the 19th of February 2025, residents in almost all the wards in Roodepoort, not only had to deal with inclement weather conditions, flooding and badly repaired potholes opening again, but they also experienced vast outages in their areas. This has, unfortunately, become a daily occurrence in Roodepoort.
Residents often must deal with outages ranging anything from 24 hours to up to 14 days. Areas like Witpoortjie in Ward 71, especially Honeydew, Wilgeheuwel and Radiokop are synonymous with continuous and prolonged outages. Not a day goes by that Line 1 or Line 2, or both are off in Tshepisong. Strubensvalley, Little Falls, Radiokop. The list is just endless.
The agricultural holdings in Honeydew, Ambot AH and Wilgespruit, have recently come out of a 5-day outage. Agricultural Holdings in these areas are reliant on borehole water. Boreholes cannot function without electricity. Thus, this means that animals, in particular horses, are without drinking
water.
ActionSA is concerned that almost zero outages are dealt with within the prescribed SLA. What is even more disheartening is the lack of accurate feedback from City Power. On most occasions both residents and councillors are supplied with incorrect feedback or a statement copied and pasted from previous statements. All too often residents and councillors are met with no statements at all.
ActionSA implores Roodepoort SDC General Manager Mr. Sibusiso Xulu and his team to address these power outages in a timeous manner and supply clear and true feedback to the residents of Roodepoort.