âLOAD SHEDDING LEFT US HOMELESSâ Aaron Dube
THEY were preparing to sleep when the electricity came back after load shedding.
Their four-roomed shack went up in flames. And Kgomotso Magongwa (38) from Chris Hani in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, lost everything.
“The fire started in the room where the transformer was. I heard a huge bang and when I checked, my transformer was burning,” she said.
Kgomotso and her kids ran outside and tried to put out the fire with sand and water, but the flames were too strong.
She said she blamed Eskom for the load shedding that burnt down her shack.
Parts of Soweto still without power Updated
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Eskom says it is in the process of restoring power to parts of Soweto, including areas around Dlamini and Pimville as well as Jabavu, Mofolo South and White City.
Spokesperson for the power utility in Gauteng Reneiloe Semenya says supply has been restored to Pimville zones 3, 4 and 7.
“We are working on restoring supply to the remaining parts of Dlamini and Pimville as well as Jabavu, Mofolo South & White City.”
Thousands of residents were plunged into darkness on Sunday evening as a result of a fire at a substation.