High cost of loadshedding felt in Northern Cape
10 February 2020
The high cost of loadshedding is having a detrimental effect on the Northern Cape.
DawidKruiper municipality has become the latest casualty of loadshedding, following serious damage to the high voltage transformer on a main power line, over a week ago. It is strongly suspected that the transformer burnt out as a result of the power surges caused by loadshedding. It is costing the municipality R20 million to replace the transformer.
In addition to the damage caused to the high voltage transformer, the town has, in recent months, also experienced a number of burnt out cables and the destruction of smaller transformers.
Residents were also slapped with a double-loadshedding schedule for over a week, before Eskom temporarily halted the implementation of its phased loadshedding in Upington, last Friday. This should spare residents further double-loadshedding until the transformer is up and running again, hopefully by the 19th of February.