Power substations are not being maintained properly, leading to lightning strikes says one expert. The Orlando substation was recently hit twice resulting in a trip at Eikenhof pump station, which led to no water.
The Eikenhof pump station tripped due to a suspected lightning strike at the Orlando substation in Soweto on Monday evening.This is also the fourth power outage in three weeks, with the lightning strike on 3 March, causing the first outage.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism.
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