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This man was arrested by security early this morning after stealing copper cables at Cydna substation. He is Zimbabwean migrant. Same substation was under attack last week where about 10 criminals in bakkies stormed substation, tied security, made off with 12 cables.
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A suspect was arrested in Roodepoort last night for being in possession of 140kg of copper cables belonging to City Power estimated to worth around R80 000. The suspect, a Cameroonian illegal migrant, attempted to bribe the
@SAPoliceService
with R10 000 during the arrest.
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This hotel in the heart of Sandton, in Wierda Valley has just been disconnected for a R2.3m electricity debt to the
@CityofJoburgZA
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We welcome the arrest of two foreign nationals with stolen copper worth R15m in City Deep. We are encouraged by the efforts of the
@SAPoliceService
along the Task Team which we are part of, to curb crimes related to esssential infrastructure.
@JoburgMPD
@CityofJoburgZA
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A foreign national from Lesotho was killed earlier today after he allegedly vandalised one of our minisubstations at Hawker Siddley in Roodepoort. We suspect the intention was to steal copper bits.
The Minisubstation blew up badly injuring him. He died in hospital.
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Two Cameroonian males were arrested with the help of
@JoburgMPD
and
@coj_gfis
in possession of stolen copper and electricity cables estimated to worth R3m in Bramely. Upon arrest the suspects attempted to pay R10 000 bribe to the officials.
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At a time when we are not able to warm their homes, warm-hearted community of Eldorado Park prepared warm sandwiches dinner with coffee and tea for the team working overnight to repair the burnt Eldorado Park substation.
We appreciate your love and patience.
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We commend the community for the arrest of this Zimbabwean national for the theft of cables along M2 Highway near George Gogh hostel.
The suspect and accomplices dug out copper cables early this morning.
The community which has been patrolling the area pounced and arrested 1
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City Power security arrested one Lesotho foreign national for
#Cabletheft
. The suspect and his friend were found digging copper cables next to China Mall in Laanglaagte. One ran away. Tools like pik, shovel were confiscated at the scene.
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These women and men worked night &day from Tuesday when transformer burnt at Cleveland substation.
Throughout Xmas they were on site doing mop up, repair work, & connecting new transformer to ensure power is restored 12hrs b4 set time.
We salute You! Thank you!
@CityofJoburgZA
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#Vandalism
#CableTheft
Two suspects were nabbed yday at Chloorkop, Kempton Park selling copper cable to a scrap metal dealer. The suspects, one a Zimbabwean, are working for a City Power sub-contractor working at Robertsham substation which was gutted by fire in October 2021.
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#MidrandcutOff
#Midrand
City Power team is currently in Halfway Gardens and we will be disconnecting Silver Stream Estate - they are owing City Power R9 million. ^TM
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#Dainfern
The highest single debt for one customer is R1.4 million, and the house was found with no meter, thus illegally connected.
At least 40 customers collectively owe City Power amounts between R100 000 and R1.4million.
@CityofJoburgZA
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A Thank-You from the Executive Mayor
@HermanMashaba
to the men and women engineers and technicians who worked around the clock to restore power. And to residents for the patience and understanding during this crisis.
@CityofJoburgZA
@NicoDeJager64
#EikenhofFire
@JoburgWater
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We also recorded at least five incidents of theft and vandalism overnight on Thursday, which includes the theft of a new Minisubstation worth about R600 000 stolen last night in Midrand.
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City Power teams disconnecting Sierra Hotel in Ferndale, Randburg earlier today over a R26m electricity debt.
We will continue to intensifying our revenue collection drives across the
@CityofJoburgZA
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We launched this High Solar Mast Apollo light in Finetown last night, one of the 19 already planted across the City - with 9 in Soweto already. When power goes off at night due to
#Loadshedding
, these lights will remain on. By December 100 of these lights will be in Alexandra,…
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MEDIA STATEMENT
4 July 2022
TWO CITY POWER SECURITY AMONG THE 6 ARRESTED FOR CABLE THEFT
City Power would like to welcome the arrest of 6 suspects, including 2 of our security officers for cable theft and vandalism in different areas this past weekend.
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We do not have stage 6 load shedding schedule as yet, as soon as it is received we will communicate.^NN
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@KaizerChiefs
@orlandopirates
Khosi, with or without concern of Bucs,
@CityofJoburgZA
encourages customers to switch off non-essentials like geysers when not in use to
#SaveElectricity
& manage the load.
With our ripple effect technology we are able to switch off remotely in case you forget to after the game.
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Two suspected cable thieves arrested while on their way to Zimbabwe - News Invasion 24
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*Media Statement*
*09 May 2023*
City Power will no longer respond to outage calls from customers who continue to refuse to pay for electricity, including customers with non-vending meters, non-paying customers or defaulting customers.
The decision comes as the entity battles
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City Power is today conducting an operation to cut off illegal connections in the posh suburb of Dainfern, Fourways. At least 204 properties owe the City a collective R13million in revenue.
@CityofJoburgZA
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#Loadshedding
Eskom has announced that Stage 2 loadshedding will continue throughout the weekend until Monday.
City Power customers will not be loadshed due to the extra capacity available.
@CityofJoburgZA
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Technicians cutting off some of the businesses in Joburg CBD found to be owing City Power millions.
This as the
@CityofJoburgZA
intensifies revenue collection through
#OperationBuyaMthetho
as announced by the Executive Mayor
@mphophalatse1
this morning.
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UPDATE:
#Eikenhof
Its official. Eikenhof substation is back on. Once again, thank you ever so much Joburg for your understanding and patience for sticking with us during this difficult time. It's been tough but we stuck together. Hooray to the team that made it possible.^DR
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There will be no load shedding for City Power customers. We are truly sorry for the confusion. °NT
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The minisubstation (similar to this in Pic) was installed on Monday this week in Klipfonteinview near Rabie Ridge to help alleviate outages caused by overloading in the area.
It was waiting to be commissioned and switched on when it was stolen last night.
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We are on our 2nd day of Revenue collection drive around Alexandra Service Delivery Centre(SDC).
Here we started with the Nigerian Consulate General in Illovo who owe
@CityofJoburgZA
minimum of R600 000, and they were cut-off.
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#Loadshedding
#JoburgUpdates
loadshedding has been cancelled for today. Thank you very much Joburg for understanding and patience all the time.^LP
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LOADSHEDDING STATEMENT
#NoLoadsheddingForCOJ
City Power would like to inform its customers that we are not going to be Loadshedding them as per Eskom's directive.
#WeServeJoburg
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#OperationBuyaMthetho
This building in Marshalltown which houses a college was found to have by-passed our meters and not paying for electricity and water. They are one of the many businesses and government buildings that are targeted for non-payment.
@CityofJoburgZA
@JoburgMPD
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#JoburgUpdates
#JoburgServices
#Randburg
Currently disconnecting a church in
#Randburg
for an outstanding bill of R877000.^GR
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#CITY
POWER NOT LOADSHEDDING
Eskom has declared the implementation of Loadshedding Stage 2 from tonight between 9pm and tomorrow Friday 6am.
However City Power would like to urge its customers within the City of Johannesburg not to panic as we won't be loadshedding.
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Dear Customers
According to the Eskom-aligned schedule, we have realised that during the higher stages of loadshedding, especially Stage 6 and 8, there will be some customers in certain blocks who will be shed for 4 hours, instead of 2hrs.
We apologise for this.
#Loadshedding
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We have cable theft that just happened outside Nancefield substation which led to a trip affecting the customers fed from the substation including those in Lenasia and its extensions, and parts of Eldorado Park.
Teams and security on site.
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Working on electricity in stormy wet weather is always a difficult feat. Our teams managed, under the circumstances, against the odds, to ensure repairs are done and electricity is restored to the residents of the
@CityofJoburgZA
We thank you for your patience and cooperation.
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City Power will not be
#Loadshedding
tomorrow on Sunday.
Our customers in the
@CityofJoburgZA
should expect no forced power cuts due to Loadshedding.
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#Loadshedding
#JoburgUpdates
💡We are pleased to announce that loadshedding has been suspended effective immediately until further notice🎉
We continue to advise customers without power to log calls at or 011 490 7484. ^MM
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#PeterRoadSwitchOn
Today we will officially be switching on the newly installed Mini Substation here at Peter Rd.
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If anything we're everything😏. ^OS
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No loadshedding expected tonight for citypower customers.^LP
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#Loadshedding
#OutageUpdate
Stage 4 is putting too much strain on our resources, with some substations unable to return during restorations, leaving customers without power for a longer period...<thread
@CityofJoburgZA
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#Loadshedding
Date: 13 December 2019
Eskom has confirmed that there will be no loadshedding expected from 14 to 16 December 2019.
City Power will update residents on
@CityPowerJhb
throughout. ^DR
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An operation currently underway to remove illegal connections in Rabie Ridge
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City Power has embarked on an operation to cut off illegal connections in Ext. 7 Tsutsumani Alexandra. Illegal connections are the cause of overloading on our network which so far led to many outages across the
@CityofJoburgZA
since winter started.
Thanks
@JoburgMPD
, SAPS, SANDF
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#IllegalConnections
#Kyasands
During the operation supported by the
@JoburgMPD
,
@SAPoliceService
, and Immigration Officials, about 10 tones of copper and aluminuim worth an estimated R10 million were removed.
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Section 23(1) of the Electricity Act 41 and the Municipal by-laws authorizes City Power employees to "enter any property whose electricity has been supplied by" us, to repair, investigate, or cut off those who bypassed or illegally connected
@CityofJoburgZA
.
#CityPowerAtWork
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Two white male suspects arrested for vandalism and suspected theft of electricity infrastructure in Roodepoort.
The two were arrested last night inside the substation chamber in Florida after cutting through the locks.
#CableTheft
@CityofJoburgZA
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#looadshedding
Dear customers
Please note load shedding will be suspended from 20:00 tonight.
We thank you for your patience during the load shedding period.^NN
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#JoburgUpdates
#RoodepoortOutage
We're aware of a total loss of supply in Roodepoort areas.
Investigations are still underway, we'll release a media statement regarding this.
City Power apologises to affected customers and we also urge you to bear with us. ^DR
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#Loadshedding
However City Power would like to inform residents of the City of Johannesburg that we have enough capacity to offset Eskom's demand. As such we are currently not Loadshedding across the City and residents should not panic.
@CityofJoburgZA
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City Power busy cutting off power supply to Tinties Shisanyama complex in Naturena. The popular eatery owes
@CityofJoburgZA
R3.4m for electricity.
While an Agreement of 10% was made after the initial cutoff on Tuesday, the business only paid R24 000 prompting the 2nd cut off.
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After the dust settled and the hard work put by the women and men engineers/technician, Eikenhof substation is this morning operational with power fully restored to the residents and Rand Water. We thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.
@CityofJoburgZA
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City Power welcomes the arrest of two scrapyard owners in Roodepoort for being in possession of stolen copper cables.
The raid by the SAPS on Horn Scrap metals dealer in Roodepoort came after a tip off about copper cables that were at the premises.
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City Power welcomes the arrest of four criminals by
@JoburgMPD
for Cable theft in Alexandra.
The four were arrested at cnr 4th Avenue and Sam Buti streets around 1h30 early morning.
Some were found under the manhole where some of the cables run. Tools were also found on scene.
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City Power security officers arrested 7 suspects early this morning in Joburg inner city for theft of City Power infrastructure including cables.
The security officers are part of the teams deployed to protect the critical underground power tunnels in the CBD.
@CityofJoburgZA
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Our Transformer substation in Ext.2 Eldorado Park vandalised and turned into a bedroom by a homeless family. This affected our time to fix and restore power yesterday because it was locked.
This is extremely Dangerous, and many were killed by high voltage inside there.
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#Loadshedding
Stage 2 has been confirmed to start at 16:00 -23:00. From 16:00-20:30 Block 5B & 1A will be affected.
From 20:00-23:00 Block 6B & 2A will be affected. 👇🏾 ^DR
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#loadshedding
Please find complete schedule for
#Loadshedding
until stage 8. The schedule can also be found on our website ^GR
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Most of the incidents are captured on surveilance cameras around some areas, like in this video, and these have been handed over to the SAPS to act and ensure that the suspects are arrested and prosecuted.
@SAPoliceService
@coj_gfis
@CityofJoburgZA
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City Power will NOT be
#loadShedding
today Friday 15/02/2019!
We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused to the residents throughout this week.
We urge you to continue using electricity wisely.
Report any outages to 011 490 7000.
@CityofJoburgZA
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City Power supported by the
@SAPoliceService
and
@JoburgMPD
has entered into Kanana informal settlement for an operation to cut off illegal connections.
#BuyaMthetho
@CityofJoburgZA
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#JoburgUpdates
#Randburg
Switching off Villa Franco complex which owes City Power R6.6 million.^GR
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#LoadsheddingUpdate
Loadshedding has been suspended as per Eskom's declaration. We will communicate if there are changes.^BP
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#JoburgUpdates
#JoburgServices
#Randburg
Currently disconnecting
#Bryanston
sports club. For their outstanding bill of R2.3 million.^GR
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We welcome the arrest of two Mozambican nationals found with copper cables around Roodepport yesterday. Patrollers cornered the two in a car along Main Reef Rd &Corlett Dr Witpoortie, and found 51Kg of burnt copper cables. Suspects tried to bribe police with R11 000.
#CableTheft
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City Power will today implement Stage 4
#Loadshedding
from 9am to 00h00, as per the declaration by Eskom.
09:00-12:30
Block 5B, 1A, 5A and 1B
12:00-16:30
Block 6B, 2A, 6A and 2B
16:00-20:30
Block 7B, 3A, 7A and 3B
20:00-00:30
Block 8B, 4A, 8A and 4B
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This guy was caught by the community of Kiblerpark after he vandalized City Power Transformer substation allegedly trying to steal the cables.
He got electrocuted in the process.
City of Joburg loses billions in non-technical loses inc those caused by vandalism and cable theft.
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Illegal connections to close to 200 homes were cut off during an operation in Ext. 7 Tsutsumani Alexandra today.
The operation was supported by
@JoburgMPD
@SAPoliceService
and
@SANDFCorpEvents
This follows several outages due to overloading on the network.
@CityofJoburgZA
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Fed up City Power intensifies war on relentless cable thieves
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#PowerAlert
⚠️
Loadshedding has been cancelled from 12:00 as generation units return to service, helping to restore available capacity.
We truly appreciate your understanding and patience during this difficult time.^LP
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UPDATE: Everything is on track in terms of the repairs at the
#Eikenhof
substation. Work to assemble the new transformer brought in about to be completed.
We urge customers to bare with us as we try to bring the situation back to normal.
@CityofJoburgZA
@Rand_Water
@JoburgWater
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Johannesburg Prison was cut off last night. It owes
@CityofJoburgZA
City Power R18m. R11m was paid this morning as part payment, & penalties. Arrangement has been made to pay the rest monthly. We have reconnected them this morning after proof of payment was provided.
#BuyaMthetho
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#Springboks
#RWCfinal
#Strongertogether
#CityPowerJhb
As we count down the remaining minutes to the finals, City Power would like to say Sisonke, Rekaofela, We are together to the Boks. Go Bokker🏉 ^MM
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City Power is taking part in an operation in Honeydew to cut off illegal connections. The operation is led by
@Eskom_SA
and supported by
@JoburgMPD
, SAPS and other law enforcement agencies.
The
@CityofJoburgZA
loses millions in revenue due to illegal connections.
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#Loadshedding
schedule
#JoburgUpdates
Kindly find the schedule for tomorrow, 21st of September 2022.
Please take note of when your area will be affected so you can prepare accordingly by charging all necessary appliances in time. ^IL
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#Robertsham
#Fire
We thank the women and men within City Power & contractors who worked hard, some spending sleepless nights to ensure residents get electricity as quickly as possible.
The team managed to restore some of the areas 12hrs after the fire plunged area into darkness.
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Good work to colleagues in the
@JoburgMPD
for the arrest of a suspect for
#CableTheft
in Ennerdale.
This copper cable was recovered in the bushes already removed from underground near the Old Lawley Road, causing an outage in the area. It cost est R600 000.
@CityofJoburgZA
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CUSTOMER NOTICE
#Loadshedding
Stage 2 will be implemented tonight from 21:00 to 05:00 Friday in the morning, and will again resume on Friday night at 21:00 to 05:00 on Saturday morning.
City Power customers are urged to check
@CityPowerJhb
for regular updates. ^DR
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MEDIA RELEASE
31 January 2020
NO STAGE 2 LOADSHEDDING FOR CITY POWER CUSTOMERS
#Loadshedding
@CityofJoburgZA
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#Eikenhof
UPDATE
All two transformers have been switched on. One supporting
@Rand_Water
is still warming up and should be ready to deploy to the pumps after midnight today.
Residents will be switched on gradually one suburb at a time until we are fully restored.
@CityofJoburgZA
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We are in Bryanston cutting off defaulting and non-paying customers.
Here the team just disconnected Bryanston Sports Club which owes R2m to City Power.
@CityofJoburgZA
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#BuyaMthetho
Spiderweb of illegal cables connecting Kanana informal settlement near Rabbie Ridge where City Power is conducting cut off operation following complaints of constant trips by formal customers due to overloading.
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BEWARE: We are aware of this imposter who goes around robbing residents of Johannesburg by claiming to be a City Power employee. In a recent incident he presented himself as a Sifiso Kumalo a “meter reader”, assaulted a customer before stealing a car, computers and jewelry.
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Loadshedding will be reduced from Stage 6 to Stage 5 at midnight.
Check tomorrow's schedule and prepare accordingly. ^IL
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⚠️Alert⚠️ LoadsheddingUpdates
As per Eskom declaration, City Power will implement stage 2 loadshedding from 17h00 until 22h00 tonight^LP
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#MothersinLeadership
To the woman who is always striving to improve how City Power delivers their services to residents of Johannesburg
#HappyMothersDay
@TshifuMashava
Continue leading the organization with your warm smile, integrity and great values you always instilling. ^IL
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The area of Roodepoort is plagued by senseless vandalism and cable theft which has been on the rise in recent days.
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