A major power outage caused by an explosion at a small power sub-station in Port Elizabeth has plunged large parts of the city into darkness since Sunday night.
The sub-station is said to be in Newton Park, not far from Greenacres Mall.
It has resulted in SABC’s Umhlobo Wenene FM being off-air, compounded by a standby generator that failed to kick in.
A major power outage caused by an explosion at a small power sub-station in Port Elizabeth has left large parts of the city without electricity. This has resulted in the SABC’s Umhlobo Wenene FM (@UWFM88_106FM) being off-air #sabcnews
— SAfm news (@SAfmnews) January 13, 2020
Radio programmes and news programmes have been affected at the station.
Nelson Mandela Bay electricians are working on the line fault while technicians have been brought in to attend to the generator.
Programming will resume once the problem has been fixed.
Residents of Level, Spring, Camel, Port Elizabeth and Industry in Bequia are asked to note that power has been restored. There were technical problems which resulted in intermittent outages over the past few hours. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused. pic.twitter.com/2ax41MG592
— VINLEC (@VINLECSVG) July 30, 2018
