Bryanston and Midrand suffer electricity cuts
"Unplanned power outages" hit two suburbs in Johannesburg's north on Thursday‚ Eskom said. This comes as traffic in Bryanston is described as a "hot mess" by traffic watchers on Twitter‚ who report that roadworks on William Nicol Drive northbound between Bryanston Drive and N1 are causing congestion in the evening rush hour.JHB - Bryanston: #HotMess Nicol, Main, Sloane, Bryanston - its jam packed pic.twitter.com/DMCmZZVnYS— Rob Byrne (@TrafficSA) June 23, 2016adEskom said in an early evening statement that it had experienced technical problems earlier in the day‚ resulting in unplanned power outages.It said that at around 12:00 at Bryanston‚ a breaker tripped on a City Power substation. Then‚ at around 15:00 at Klipfontein View‚ in Midrand‚ there was a cable fault."We would like to advise affected customers to call City Power for further clarity on the matter."..
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