Power outages hit Tshwane ahead of G20 Summit

By Akani Nkuna 

The City of Tshwane and its surrounding areas experienced power outages on Wednesday ahead of the G20 Summit.

Although the cause of the outage remains unclear, the city acted swiftly to restore power.

“The City is aware of a power outage affecting the Pretoria central business district and surrounding areas. A team of technicians has been dispatched to investigate the cause of the outage with a view to restoring this essential service,” Tshwane authorities said in a statement.

“Customers will be kept abreast of developments. The city apologises for the inconvenience caused to the affected customers.”

Speculation of sabotage has emerged due to the timing of the outage, which affected areas including Sunnyside, Arcadia, Muckleneuk, Groenkloof, Pretoria Central, the Union Buildings, Berea, Nana Sita Street, Edmond Street, and Unisa.

The city has yet to provide comprehensive updates but assured residents via its X (formerly Twitter) account that