Namibia: Tsumeb power outage caused by damage to cable during excavation work – News

A recent power outage at Tsumeb was caused after a municipal contractor damaged an underground cable with an excavator, Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) spokesperson Chali Matengu said on Monday.

Matengu said Cenored has consistently informed local authorities to consult it before assigning work to contractors to know where electrical ground pipes are to prevent such incidents.

“There was that whole thing between Cenored and the municipality because we have…