{"id":227753,"date":"2020-01-16T13:33:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T11:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=227753"},"modified":"2020-01-16T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T11:33:59","slug":"several-germiston-suburbs-without-power-due-alleged-transformer-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/16\/several-germiston-suburbs-without-power-due-alleged-transformer-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Germiston suburbs without power due to alleged transformer trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Germiston suburbs were plunged into darkness this afternoon (Thursday, January 16) after an alleged transformer trips.<\/p>\n<p>The areas include:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunnyridge<\/li>\n<li>Solheim<\/li>\n<li>Symhurst<\/li>\n<li>Wannenburg<\/li>\n<li>Gerdview<\/li>\n<li>Homestead<\/li>\n<li>Rustsvia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/204331\/power-woes-continue-for-germiston-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Power woes continue for Germiston residents<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cMetro technicians are on site and power should be restored to the affected areas by 4pm today,\u201d said Ward 36 councillor Wendy Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>The outage comes after multiple faults on a 33 000 volt cable plunged a number of other Germiston suburbs, including Wadeville, Buhle Park, Rondebult and Roodekop, into darkness earlier in the day.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a 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