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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says areas affected by a power outage have been restored.
Metro spokesperson, Marthie Nel, says the cause of the widespread outage was attempts by a resident in Moeggesukkel, Bethelsdorp to make an illegal connection.
She says in the process, he unwittingly threw a wire over a 132 000 volt line.