INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE NOTICE
Thursday, 17 July 2025

What:
Planned maintenance on the Ditchling/Summit 66kV Overhead (OH) Feeder

When:
Sunday, 27 July 2025 (weather permitting)
Alternative date: Sunday, 3 August 2025

Time:
08:00 – 17:00

Reason:
Essential maintenance work

Affected Areas (Lines):
* Fitches Corner Rocklands (FCR)
* Thornhill
* Summit and Van Stadens Substations
* Summit Gamtoos Pumps (SGP)
* Summit Loerie Limebank (SLL)
* Thornhill Farmers / Manthiefontein (TFM)
* Thornhill Boxes & Shooks (TBS)
* Van Stadens Woodridge (VMW)
* Fitches Corner / Gedultsrivier (FGR)
* Fitches Corner / Witteklip (FCW)
* Fitches Corner / Blue Horizon Bay (FBH)
* Greenbushes Fitches Corner (GBF)
* DSU Lines
* Nocton Farms Line (NFL)
* Gamtoos Valkraans (GVK)

Important Notice:
All installations must be treated as live for the duration of the shutdown.

Enquiries:
For further information regarding the shutdown, please contact call center on 041 506 5595.

Emergency Shutdown Notice:

What:
Harris Brush 6.6kVfeeder at Caulfield Substation

Date:
Sunday, 20 July 2025
Time:
08:00 - 17:00

Reason:
Substation Maintenance (Inclusive of Protection Relays testing, Circuit Breaker testing and Scada testing back to Control).

This shutdown is necessary to ensure system reliability: Maintain the integrity and reliability of electrical system, preventing power outages and disruptions.

Substation / Area Affected:
Harris Brush & SAR New Brighton.
All installation to be treated as live for the duration of the shutdown.

POWER OUTAGE – FITCHES CORNER / BLUE HORIZON BAY OVERHEAD LINE
Thursday, 17 July 2025

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wishes to inform residents of a power outage affecting the Fitches Corner / Blue Horizon Bay overhead line, Blue Horizon Bay Village, and surrounding areas.

This follows the tripping of a 22kV circuit breaker at the Fitches Corner Substation / Blue Horizon Bay.

Our technical team has been dispatched to assess the situation and carry out the necessary repairs. Power will be restored as soon as it is safe and technically feasible to do so.

We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

We sincerely apologises for the inconvenience caused.

POWER OUTAGE – KUYGA AND GREENBUSHES INDUSTRIAL
Thursday, 17 July 2025

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to inform residents that the Kuyga 22kV line has been switched off from KKG 53 to the Ruan Park No.1 substation to facilitate the replacement of a faulty transformer located on pole KKG 53/8/10.

This has resulted in a power outage affecting Kuyga, Greenbushes Industrial, and surrounding areas.

Power supply will be restored as soon as the repair work is completed.

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

UPDATE ON WATER SUPPLY IN NEWTON PARK AND SURROUNDS

16 July 2025

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to inform residents that our teams worked through the night to repair the damaged pipeline. Progress was delayed due to the presence of other infrastructure above the water line, which first had to be carefully exposed and removed.

Backfilling of the excavation site is taking place this morning, and water supply is expected to be gradually restored from around midday. Please note that normal pressure levels will only be fully restored overnight.

Unfortunately, both the Fairview and Fort Nottingham reservoirs have run dry, which has extended the impact of the outage to areas such as Korsten, Neave, Schauderville, Kempston and surrounding areas. Full recovery of the system is expected to take a few days.

We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and thank residents for their continued patience and understanding.