Bonza Bay was in darkness for many hours yesterday. Shops, restaurants, and residents were without power from about 2pm until late last night.
When Dispatch checked at 6pm, the power was still off.
Sparg’s SuperSpar was running off its own power supply.
At one restaurant, staff said they had not been warned about the outage and this had prevented them from trading.
Steers in Bonza Bay did a good trade in one item only, flame-grilled burgers.
Customers appeared very desperate, saying they could not cook at home.
However, chips and other menu items were not being produced.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said she called Buffalo City Metro (BCM) and was told a repair was in progress.
A text message and e-mail was sent to BCM spokesman Samkelo Ngwenya late last night and a response was expected today.