The electricity supply will be interrupted in Cambridge on Tuesday from 9am until 4pm, weather permitting.
.According to Buffalo City Metro municipal manager Andile Sihlahla the alternate date for the outage is Thursday.
He said the purpose of the interruption is for the municipality to carry out maintenance at the Dominion Street substation, the Mayfair Avenue mini-substation, Twin Palms substation and the OK Bazaars substation.
Sihlahla said a number of businesses in the area will be affected by the outage.He warned consumers to treat all apparatus as live throughout the whole period of the outage as the power may be restored at any time.
“It is strongly recommended that all non-essential appliances be switched off or disconnected from the supply during this period in order to prevent damages thereto when the supply is restored.”..