{"id":265398,"date":"2025-07-02T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=265398"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:32:41","slug":"planned-power-outage-for-gordons-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/planned-power-outage-for-gordons-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned power outage for Gordon&#8217;s Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The City of Cape Town has announced a planned electricity-supply interruption in the Gordon&#8217;s Bay area for essential Eskom infrastructure maintenance scheduled for Wednesday 16 July, from 07:40 to 17:00, lasting about nine hours and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only the specific area shown on the official outage map will experience the power interruption (refer to the detailed outage map below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The electricity supply could be restored at any time during the maintenance window, so residents must treat all electrical installations as live for the full duration of the planned work. 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