A R20m upgrade to the Kragga Kamma substation in Nelson Mandela Bay will see several areas no longer suffering from planned or unplanned outages, while the load-shedding schedule will be followed more closely.
A threat by the Northern Alliance to withdraw from the ruling coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay is still on the cards despite a coalition management committee meeting called at the 11th hour to iron out issues with the party.
Controlling all geysers in Nelson Mandela Bay could play a huge role in reducing load-shedding in the metro according to the Bay’s political head of electricity and energy, Lance Grootboom.
Six men using the vehicle of a company hired to fix a broken substation in Gelvandale were arrested on Friday for cable theft near the Ditchling substation and later released.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s council has approved a proposal to drop water tariffs down a notch to ease the financial burden on residents in the hope this will encourage them to pay their municipal bills.