Twenty-five areas still without power after Tshwane pylons fall over

The Tshwane metro is not looking at replacing the broken pylons with latticework pylons as those could take three to four months to build

Part of an electrical pylon lies across the N4 near Pretoria. Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

“The City of Tshwane has made significant progress towards the restoration of power to residents in Pretoria East and North, with new areas being energised every few hours.” “Internally we are working to backfeed [reroute] our power supply. Externally, we are working with Eskom to replace the electricity pylons that fell over.

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