Several roads closed in Roodepoort due to electricity protest

He said on Monday most of the outage calls that were logged in their system were from areas of Roodepoort and Hursthill. 

“The outages are a result of the impact of the recent heavy storms, compounded by higher stages of load-shedding, where our teams are divided between responding to the maintenance calls or restoring power after every two-hour load-shedding,” Mangena said.

The impact of load-shedding on their infrastructure has also been huge, with the wear-and-tear increasing with every bout of rolling blackouts, he said.

“While we anticipate more challenges with the rain pounding across our service areas, our teams — including contractors who have been working hard to address most of the backlogs — are on standby in all the SDCs, ready to respond.

“We appeal for patience and co-operation from our customers during this time of challenges.”

Residents also took to social media to voice their frustration: