An electricity blackout in Cape Town had nothing to do with the maintenance work at Koeberg nuclear power station, Eskom and the city of Cape Town said on Friday.
”It has nothing to do with us, it has to do with the City of Cape Town,” said Carien de Villiers, a spokesperson for Koeberg.
Charles Kadalie, of the City of Cape Town, said the blackout started at about 2.45pm, when a fault occurred at the Montague main station that supplies incoming electricity from Eskom to the city.
”There was a [power] trip,” Kadalie said, adding that a technical team was trying to ascertain the cause of the blackout. ”It has nothing to do with Koeberg.”
Kadalie said the city was ”synergising” its gas turbines to augment electrical power to the city.
He said a significant portion of the city was without power, including Milnerton, large portions of the central business district, Woodstock and surrounding areas. — Sapa