Contractors repairing the M1 bridge in Johannesburg accidentally drilled into a cable on Wednesday. (Alex Patrick/News24)
Residents in the Johannesburg CBD are still without power after contractors, who were working to restore the M1 bridge, drilled into a cable on Wednesday.
The bridge suffered more than R20 million in damages after a fire on 1 May, which was caused by cable theft.
On Thursday afternoon, the city said the outage affecting Braamfontein and its surroundings was ongoing and that it “understands the inconvenience this has caused”.
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