Power being restored to Joburg

Johannesburg - Following power cuts in the morning, 85% of electricity was restored to the north-western suburbs of Johannesburg by 09:00 on Friday, City Power said.

"We're continuing to restore power on a gradual basis," said spokesperson Louis Pieterse.

Areas affected by the outages included Rosebank, Linden, Northcliff, Parkhurst, Greenside and Hyde Park.

Caution

Meanwhile Johannesburg metro police have asked motorists in the affected areas to exercise caution.

"Officers will be deployed to the major intersections. Where motorists do not find officers, they are asked to treat those intersections as four-way stops and to exercise caution," said chief superintendent Wayne Minnaar.

Louis Botha Avenue, Empire Road, Wolmarans and Smith streets would be manned by traffic police.

Traffic moving very slowly

According to eye-witnesses, traffic along Hendrik Verwoerd and First Avenue was moving very slowly.

"It took me two hours and fifteen minutes to travel 14km," said a motorist.

Pieterse said he could not say why the outages occurred or when full power would be restored