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Residents of Kwanobuhle in Kariega will have to wait until Tuesday morning to have their power restored.
This comes after vandalism of electricity infrastructure and cable theft affecting Mabandla substation, plunged the area into darkness at the weekend.
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Electricity and Energy boss, Councillor Lance Grootboom, said officials were hard at work repairing numerous challenges to electricity supply across the Metro.
He said the municipality was concerned that in the last seven days, NMB has seen 23 major electricity substation outages across all communities, with the latest vandalism affecting seven wards in the KwaNobuhle cluster.
“The power outage cases include the vandalism reports that affected the Mabandla substation while some are as a result of the recent heavy rains," Grootboom said.
Grootboom says he met with the senior leadership of the Electricity and Energy Directorate, the Executive Mayor, and City Manager to discuss the challenges and chart immediate action steps to ensure a stable electricity supply for all residents and businesses
“I have requested a detailed report on all recent outages and specifically requested that if instances of a lack of maintenance or sabotage are discovered that strict accountability and action is taken against any persons implicated.”
In response to the Mabandla substation case, NMBM will open a case with the South African Police Service as foul play is suspected.
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