PLANNED ELECTRICITY SHUTDOWNS

Shutdown Details

When: Sunday, 21 February 2021 (alternatively 28 February 2021)

Where: Ditchling 66kV substation

Time: 08H00 - 17H00

Reason: Maintenance/repairs to faulty switchgear

All areas fed from the Ditchling substation will be affected:

• Summit Line
• Loerie Pumps
• SGP - Summit / Gamtoos Pumps
• SLL - Summit / Loerie / Limebank
• NFL - Nocton Farms
• FBH - Fitchets Corner / Blue Horizon Bay
• FCR - Fitchets Corner / Rocklands
• FCW - Fitchets Corner / Witteklip
• FGR - Fitchets Corner / Gedultsdrivier
• Section of Malabar
• Section of Gelvandale
• Section of Helenvale
• Walmer17th Ave, Walmer
• Walmer Downs
• South End
• Sunridge Park
• Westering
• Cotswold
• Charlo
• Springfield
• Greenshields Park
• Cadles
• Ferguson
• Section of Korsten
• Neave Township
• VMW - Van Stadens / Woodridge
• TBS - Thornhill / Boxes & Shooks
• TFM - Thornhill Farmers / Matjiesfontein
• Section of Linton Grange
• Section of Fernglen
• Framesby
• Algoa Park
• Young Park

All supplies to be treated as live for the duration of the outage.

Daly Street substation vandalised affecting Central area and surrounding areas .

Staff are attending to repairs and restoration of supply, no timeframe available.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

NO REFUSE COLLECTION DUE TO STRIKE ACTION

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wishes to inform residents that due to the ongoing strike action, ALL refuse collection trucks have not resumed their normal rounds today.

We plead with residents to please keep their refuse bags in their yards until further notice.

Residents are encouraged to make use of the City’s drop-off sites to dispose of their waste.

The drop-off sites are situated at:

The sites are open seven days a week, from 7:30am until 5pm.

Port Elizabeth- Strandfontein Road in Summerstrand5th Avenue in WalmerArlington Landfill site, Victoria Drive in WalmerKragga Kamma closer to Circular DriveHunters Retreat, Cape RoadBlue Horizon BaySea View RoadRalo Road, KwaMagxakiStanford Road, HelenvaleUmnulu Street, next to Spar in NU9 MotherwellColchester Drop-off siteKoedoeskloof Disposal site- Despatch: M20, Old Grahamstown RoadUitenhage- Gillespie drop off site, RiebeeckhoogteVerwoerd drop off siteKwaNobuhle: Jolobe??Sarili??Ngeyakhe??Zolile Nogcazi and??Ntambanane StreetsKwaLanga- Laksman Drop offsiteTambo Drop offsite, Cnr Lambata Street and 21st Avenue.

The City would like to plead for patience and cooperation during this time as engagements are taking place to resolve the matter.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

CUSTOMER CARE SERVICES AFFECTED BY STRIKE ACTION

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wishes to inform residents that all Customer Care Centres have been temporarily closed due to the ongoing industrial action.

The centres are situated in Govan Mbeki Avenue, Walmer, Korsten, New Brighton, Uitenhage and Motherwell.

The NMBM Accounts telephone line: 041 506 5555 is also temporarily down.

Residents are encouraged to utilise the e-services and municipal website if they are registered and use the easy pay alternatives to make payments including Checkers, Post Office and the EFT option.

In case of a blocked prepaid electricity meter, residents are encouraged to check their latest statement for their overdue amount. The amount written on the statement will need to be paid and a receipt emailed to reconnections@mandelametro.gov.za to allow for a reconnection.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

STAGE 3 loadshedding will be implemented from 13:00 this afternoon until 06:00 tomorrow morning.

The schedule is as follows:

10 February

13:00-14:30 Group 5, 10, 15

14:00-16:30 Group 6, 11, 16

16:00-18:30 Group 7, 12, 17

18:00-20:30 Group 8, 13, 18

20:00-22:30 Group 9, 14, 19

22:00-00:30 Group 10, 15, 1

11 February

00:00-02:30 Group 11, 16, 2

02:00-04:30 Group 12, 17, 3

04:00-06:30 Group 13, 18, 4