Lights out across southern Cape as Eskom transmission line fails

Gallo ImagesSocial media reports suggested a transmission line failure around 10.30am was to blame for the power cut.

Affected towns included Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, Riversdale, Still Bay and Plettenberg Bay. Knysna Municipality said the outage was due to a fault on the Eskom line between George and Plettenberg Bay."Eskom is looking into the problem," it said.Eskom has confirmed to us there is an unexpected power outage throughout the southern Cape."

I work day hours on Fridays and there is now a power failure in the whole of the Southern Cape. This is such a crap week.It said its electrical department was working closely with Eskom to establish the cause of the power cut and restore the electricity supply.This is a developing story.

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