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City Power has issued a list of suburbs that could face load reductions if their usage continues to test the network's limits
Residents in these areas could be hit with load reduction and load shedding at the same time
The Citizen
City Power has issued a list of suburbs that could face load reductions if their usage continues to test the network's limits |
City Power has warned that Joburg residents could face power cuts if their usage is not curbed during winter.
Several high-density suburbs across the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) have been identified as high-users that could destabilise the grid.
Should the suburbs not curb their usage, City Power says it will be forced to implement load reduction in said areas.
Loadshedding is currently suspended but in the eventuality that it makes a return this winter, City Power confirmed the affected suburbs will face dual electricity constraints.
“If reinstated, load reduction will continue parallel to load shedding in these areas if energy consumption is not reduced,” revealed City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena.
These peak usage levels occurred between four and 10 in the mornings and evenings.
List of high-usage suburbs
The high-density suburbs needing to lower their usage are:
- Alexandra
- Freedom Park
- Hospital Hill
- Kliptown
- Klipfontein
- Lawley
- Matholesville
- Mayibuye
- Mountain View
- Naturena
- Pennyville
- Pimville Zone 9
- Precast
- Princess
- Slovo
- Thembelihle
- Tshepisong
- Vlakfontein
Should infrastructure fail, it would delay repairs and could have a ripple effect on healthcare services, schools and small businesses, among others.
Suburbs warned two weeks ago
The suburbs received the same warning on 23 May.
The cold snap called for the message to be repeated.
“Although City Power has taken steps to mitigate the impact of the extreme wintry weather on its network, customer cooperation is essential to maintaining a stable and uninterrupted power supply.”
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Durban — As political parties in KwaZulu-Natal gear up for horse trading, the ANC says it would be impossible to go into a coalition government with the Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), which it accused of disrespecting institutions of government.
ANC spokesperson Mafika Mndebele told the Sunday Tribune at the provincial results centre in Durban on Saturday that there was no love lost between them and the MKP.
“We are not going to talk with anyone who wants to disrespect institutions of government, unfortunately. We’d rather be in an opposition bench than be part of that.
“Before we went into the elections, people of Umkhonto weSizwe were already saying that the elections were going to be rigged,” Mndebele said.
He was referring to an incident that happened in Durban where people believed to be MKP members held IEC officials who were transporting ballot papers hostage as they accused them of rigging the elections.
“They said the ANC will rig the elections, [but] we demonstrated to the country that we are willing to accept the will of the people.
“But now they are surprisingly saying ‘no it was the DA who rigged the elections’ and they are already disputing the entire results,” he said.
Mndebele said the ANC national executive committee would meet on Sunday (today) to discuss coalition talks with its counterparts.
Mndebele said it was clear that the MKP was not the party to sit down and talk with “because foremost in our minds is to respect the people, respect the institutions of government”.
“If MK wants to form a coalition with the ANC, there are things that they must do better, but for now I can tell you, they are not doing things in an expectable manner, in a standard required,” said Mndebele.
However, he said the ANC would be in discussion with any party, including the DA and IFP, who adhered to its standards.
“What we need to do now as the leadership moving forward is to ensure that we respond to the needs of the people and the demands of our people and that is what we are committing ourselves to.
“There is a high possibility for the ANC to form part of a ruling coalition because we have heard the message from the voters and that requires us now to then discuss with other political parties,” said Mndebele.
Mndebele said people did not come out in large numbers to vote for the ANC so the province would be hung.
He said voters voted in protest against the lack of service delivery.
“There is no one who has won the elections in KwaZulu-Natal but what the ANC accepts is the fact that there is a protest, there is a lot of dissatisfaction among our people,” he said.
He said the outcome of the elections “shocked us” and that the ANC accepted the outcome of the elections.
He expressed confidence that the majority of people in the province still loved the ANC, but they used their vote to express dissatisfaction.
“People are saying ‘guys, there have been allegations of corruption. We have heard your message of renewal but we have not seen tougher actions, tougher action must be done’.
“People are saying we have seen our country being transformed in the past 30 years but there has now been complacency and lack of services, for example, people in our strong base such as Umlazi did not have water and they had the right to protest,” he said.
The MKP spokesperson, Ndaba Gcwabaza, said although the MKP was yet to meet and decide on which party it would consider for the coalition, the party was looking at partnering with black parties.
“There are enough black organisations that we think we can talk to and agree with.
“We are not angry with the ANC at all, we just want to pursue what the MKP wants to do guided by the mandate that we got from the people,” said Gcwabaza.
A political analyst from the University of Western Cape, Bheki Mngomezulu, cautioned the MKP about being vindictive against the ANC.
“If it becomes vindictive then the change will get worse and if it becomes embracing and reconciliatory then the change will be for the best,” he said.
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Cristiano Ronaldo ended the record-breaking season with Al Nassr by recalling his personal achievements, saying his team will make a stronger comeback.
Sharing a number of feats he achieved during the season, Ronaldo said: “Play, learn, grow, repeat. Thank you all for your support this season. We will come back even stronger.
Ronaldo, 39, had a bittersweet season with Al Nassr. However, his team, for the first time in history, won the Arab Club Champions Cup.
The Portuguese footballer said that he was also able to smash some records with everyone’s help as he managed to score 50 goals in 51 games.
Not only that, the legendary player also received a Saudi Pro League’s top scorer award. “Only possible with the help of my teammates and staff,” he expressed.
Recalling that Al Nassr fell twice in penalty shootout against Al Hilal in the Saudi King’s Cup, Ronaldo vowed that his team will come back stronger in the next season.
Al Nassr faced a 5-4 defeat from Al Hilal in the King’s Cup final on Friday in Jeddah.
“Thank you all for your love and support. Now its time to focus on the Euro and give everything I have for my country,” wrote the star player.
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