Queenswood, Villieria, Waverley Power Outage / Security reporting

28/07/2024

Water Update - Tankers
Water tankers en-route to the following locations 👇🏾. Please contact your ward councillors for more information.

28/07/2024

28/07/2024

25/07/2024

*REMINDER: PLANNED WATER INTERRUPTION BY RAND WATER* from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th July 2024.

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Please be reminded that *Rand Water will stop pumping water* from the Mapleton system for 3 days from Friday 26/07.

The reservoirs will be filled as best possible Thursday evening.

*_Water should please be used very sparingly by all._*
No watering of gardens, car washing, etc. should be done.

*_Please make sure you store some drinking water._*

A very large part of the city may be affected by this delay in water provision to the reservoirs.
It is unlikely that water tankers will be readily available.

25/07/2024

24/07/2024

remember that Rand Water will not be pumping water, starting on 26 July, for 77 hours.

22/07/2024

21/07/2024

History time.

20/07/2024

Picked up in Crots street.

19/07/2024

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/business-news-and-finance/sars-issues-urgent-warning-over-new-tax-return-scam-breaking-auto-assessment/

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued another warning to taxpayers currently submitting their tax returns.

14/07/2024

Rand Water's comprehensive maintenance programme:

Palmiet and Mapleton Systems, which supply water to the City of Tshwane, is set to resume from 15, 19 and 26 July 2024 and is expected to be completed on 29 July 2024.

19 July 2024: No supply for 12 hours
26 July 2024: No pumping for three days

The following reservoirs and bulk meters will be affected:

Klapperkop Reservoir:
Eloffsdal, Gezina, Rietfontein, Rivieria, Prinshof.

Queenswood Reservoir:
Colbyn, Deerness, Koedoespoort, Koedoespoort 325-JR, Môregloed, Queenswood.
Rietfontein, Rietfontein 321-JR, Rietondale.
Villieria and Waverley

Villieria Peak Tanks:
Wonderboom South

Waverley Reservoir:
Bergtuin, Eastlynne, Koedoespoort, Waverley.

12/07/2024

Power returned to Waverley and Queenswood.
Keep geysers and heaters off

12/07/2024

Power outage in Waverley, Villieria Queenswood areas: Team attending to the trip report a turnaround time of more than 5 hours.

Please switch of geysers and heaters to avoid substation overload and tripping.
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12/07/2024

Large area without power in Pretoria.

Will update on reasons ASAP

09/07/2024

Explosion at Mini sub in front of 255 Dunstan which is affecting block of residents Dunstan and Corry streets. Team attending.

09/07/2024

Please switch geysers and heaters off in Waverley until power has stabilized.

09/07/2024

Power returned to Garrett road, Queenswood.

Please keep heavy electrical stream equipment off for 10 minutes to allow grid to stabilize.

09/07/2024

Power restored to Villieria areas. Waverley, Môregloed and Queenswood on same lines. Hopefully soon.

Switch off geysers and heavy electrical stream equipment to avoid substation overload please.

09/07/2024

Power out in Queenswood, Waverley and surrounding areas. Noted.

09/07/2024

Eskom begins power cuts
Staff Writer9 July 2024
Eskom begins power cuts

Eskom has announced that it will resume load reduction in specific supply areas where network overloading is threatening critical electricity infrastructure.

It emphasised that load reduction is not load-shedding, as it still had sufficient generating capacity to meet the country’s electricity demand.

“While Eskom has suspended load-shedding for 103 consecutive days due to sufficient generation capacity, the issue of network overloading has resurfaced with the onset of winter,” the state-owned power utility said.

“This issue is prevalent in the Eskom supply areas in Limpopo, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, and North West.”

Eskom noted that transformer overloading was recorded mainly during peak hours around 05:00 and 07:00 in the morning, and 17:00 to 19:00 in the evening.

“In areas where load reduction has been implemented in the past, Eskom has seen a significant reduction in equipment failure and prolonged outages.”

During winter, Eskom said there is an exponential increase in energy demand in areas prone to electricity theft, as electricity is often used indiscriminately, leading to network failure due to extreme overloading.

“There are currently around 2,111 transformers which are frequently overloaded across the country at risk of being damaged, with around 900 transformers awaiting replacement,” it said.

Eskom said it has invested resources and increased capacity to meet the exponential demand in these areas prone to overloading over time.

Despite these investments, demand has continued to grow, rendering the situation unsustainable.

“Eskom has been engaging with various communities, educating them on the safe and efficient use of electricity. In some areas, Eskom has removed illegal connections; however, network overloading persists.”

Eskom said that while it aimed to exclude paying customers from load reduction, the network’s configuration does not allow for dedicated supply lines to paying customers, making it impractical to service them separately.

“To prevent load reduction and abrupt loss of supply, customers are urged to reduce their consumption, ensure that the electricity they consume is legally connected, paid for, and purchased from legal vendors, and to report illegal activities,” it said.

“Additionally, customers are encouraged to switch off non-essential appliances, such as heaters and geysers, and use alternative heating methods.”

26/06/2024

There is currently an issue at Bellom Sub 2 a red phase some parts that was off was Back feeded to other Transformers thus not everyone's supply was restored.

They still working on the issue. We understand your frustration and will provide you with feedback as we receive

26/06/2024

Dear Residents, Geagte Inwoners in Pierneefstreet areas:

verstaan asb dat daar tans probleme met die fase is by die Sub stasie van Bellom 2.

Van die areas is op n Back feed gegooi na ander Transformers. Ek verstaan ieder en elk se frustrasie en weet hulle poog om dit reg te stel.

25/06/2024

Pre-paid electricity

You will receive 3 numbers when you buy.

You have to enter your 1st Key Change token until it shows successfull.
Then you do the same with the 2nd Key Change token, until it shows successful.
Only then will it accept your 3rd token which is the Electricity purchase token.

The different meters do not seem to do the software upgrade at the same speed.
We have one of the very old Prepaid meters and it took quite a while to eventually register the 1st token as Successful.
It gave a few error codes, then a failed message and eventually it said Successful.
Then we could start entering the 2nd token - also more than once. And then the 3rd token immediately worked and gave us the prepaid credit.

23/06/2024