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Western Cape power, water & internet outage updates

Community-powered status updates from ESP users across Western Cape. See electricity, water and internet activity, then open ESP for real-time local alerts.

Hundreds of areas in Western Cape are covered on ESP.
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⚡ Power

REPORTS (LAST 24H)
● Power off● Power on
In the last 24 hours, ESP users in Western Cape have posted 363 power off reports and 119 power on reports.

💧 Water

REPORTS (LAST 24H)
● Water off● Water on
In the last 24 hours, ESP users in Western Cape have posted 42 water off reports and 39 water on reports.

🌐 Internet

REPORTS (LAST 24H)
● No internet● Connected
In the last 24 hours, ESP users in Western Cape have posted 31 no internet reports and 40 connected reports.

Recent highlights in Western Cape

⚡

Power

Power has come back on in Welgemoed following the unplanned maintenance that started Thursday 10 September at 20:12.

Updated about 5 hours ago
💧

Water

Water has been restored in Turfhall Estate, Ottery, following the reported outage on Doig Road and Royston Close.

Updated about 19 hours ago
🛜

Internet

Sea Point residents seek local internet provider recommendations. Cyber Smart, Connected Space, AfriHost, RSAWeb, and Vanilla have been mentioned. One resident reports Cyber Smart is more expensive for their Octotel-serviced building due to lack of light speed fibre. Another confirms AfriHost is almost never down with brilliant support. A third notes RSAWeb seems more expensive with steep annual increases. Someone describes Vanilla as excellent. A recent report states Cyber Smart has been unreliable lately.

Updated about 14 hours ago
💬

Ask my street

Expect winds of up to 38km/h in Devon Park.

Updated about 1 hour ago
🔎

Lost & Found

A male black cat named Freddie has been missing for four days near Port Jackson, Myrtle, and Wilge Road in Bishop Lavis. He responds to his name.

Updated about 2 hours ago
🚨

Safety

A white pickup truck was reported driving up and down Tallent Road in Parow around 02:30 on 11 September. CCTV footage is available.

Updated about 5 hours ago
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Active municipalities in Western Cape

City of Cape Town
Drakenstein
Beaufort West
Overstrand
Langeberg
Stellenbosch
Hessequa
Bergrivier

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