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Cape Town – Eskom announced on Tuesday that it will implement stage 1 load shedding at 16:00 and then move to stage 2 at 17:00 until 22:00 this evening. “This is due to the shortage of generating capacity as several units are currently out of service due to maintenance,” the power utility said. “Eskom would…

Eskom recently decided that they would now refer to Stage 3a as Stage 3 and Stage 3b as Stage 4. Eskom Western Cape and the City have decided not to change the City’s current schedule because residents understand it and the schedule has been made available through various media channels, including the supplement that was…

Date: 14 May 2015 Subject: REHABILITATION OF WATER PIPELINES IN VREDEKLOOF COMMUNITY ___________________________________________________________________ The City of Cape Town has appointed contractor JOAT GROUP, to carry out rehabilitation work on the water mains serving your area and you are hereby notified that the contractor will be working on and adjacent to your premises shortly. While this work…

Why do we need the fibre (FTTH) initiative? Rolling out a high-speed broadband network will put our area at the cutting-edge of technology with numerous advantages. We will enjoy entry-level Internet speeds 10 times that of the incumbent provider ADSL. At the highest end, we will have access to Internet 200 times faster than today! The Vredekloof…

Monte Vista en Durbanville Deur Marelize Barnard Woensdag 15 April 2015 03:20 Dan Plato, Wes-Kaapse minister van gemeenskapsveiligheid, gister op ’n nuuskonferensie. Hy het gesê “die kernprobleem in die Wes-Kaap is die tekort aan polisiebeamptes”. Foto:LIZA VAN DEVENTER Moord, ’n “epidemie” van inbrake by huise en dwelmverwante misdade is dié drie misdaadeuwels wat die inwoners van die…

“Thursday, 09 April 2015: Today Eskom releases its 335th update on the state of the power system. Eskom’s system status bulletin is released twice a week in line with its commitment to regular and transparent communication on the power system, which is expected to be constrained for the foreseeable future. The electricity system remains significantly…

Ons het die Stad genader vir ‘n moontlike oplossing vir die lae watervlak van die Wessel Lourensdam en die visse wat gevolglik besig is om te vrek. Dit was in kort die antwoord vanaf verskillende departemente: PARKE: Die dam en die watervlak is ‘n Stormwater kwessie en die dierelewe daarin is ‘n uitvloeisel van die…

Tydens die Direksievergadering gehou op 26 Februarie 2015, is Danie Grobler eenparig as die Voorsitter van Vredekloof Community Improvement District NPC (Bestuursliggaam van die VCID), verkies. Dit is Danie se tweede termyn as Voorsitter en was hy ook Voorsitter van die VSC kommittee, die voorganger en loodskommittee van die VCID. Casper Labuschagne is ook eenparig as…

Eskom has warned users that it would implement Stage 2 load shedding this weekend. “There is a need to conduct urgent maintenance on generating units at some of our power stations,” Eskom said in a power alert. Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 08:00 on Saturday 21 February, and it is likely to…

Cape Town – Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding on Saturday from 08:00 to 22:00. “The probability of load shedding is medium to high on Sunday,” Eskom tweeted. “We will use the weekend to build up diesel stocks and dam water levels for open cycle gas turbine plants and pump…