The City of Tshwane says technicians have made significant progress overnight in efforts to restore power to residents after a fire at Kloofsig substation in the early hours of Wednesday.

The damage to the substation has affected power supply to Kloofsig and Lyttelton.

City spokesperson Selby Bokaba said rain was delaying work. An indication of when power was expected to be restored would be given on Thursday afternoon.

He said the installation of the switch gear and cable termination had been completed.

Bokaba said testing will be done after completing the Barnard Park substation’s cable identification, which is expected to be done around lunchtime on Thursday.

“Meanwhile, the necessary equipment required to restore power was delivered at the Barnard Park substation and the termination of cables is under way and this work is expected to be completed early this afternoon,” he said.

“The identification of feeder cables from Lyttelton and Die Hoewes has already begun, which would be followed by the joining of the feeder cables to the Barnard Park substation.” 

Bokaba said once all the processes had been completed, testing would commence from around lunchtime.

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