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Residents say Ward 109 in the City of Cape Town is one of the darkest places to live in South Africa.
In a letter, dated 22 May 2023, to President Ramaphosa, Councillor Peter Helfrich appealed to him to intervene in the ongoing prolonged power outages Macassar and the surrounding areas have been experiencing for the last 12 months.
In his letter, he said “_I write to you from one of the darkest places in South Africa. A community that has faced ongoing prolonged power outages for the last 12 months. A community that, on some days, only has electricity for a few hours, and on other days, has no electricity at all.
Ward 109 in the City of Cape Town is supplied with electricity directly by Eskom.
These power outages are a direct result of failing Eskom infrastructure, or a failure by Eskom to protect the infrastructure from vandals in certain hotspots.
Guest 1 on the line: WARD 109 COUNCILLOR, PETER HELFRICH,