The City of Cape Town is pleased to announce that repair work to damaged infrastructure from a fire in Europe informal settlement in Gugulethu has commenced.

‘Work to reconnect 17 households to the grid has started and is foreseen to be completed in about a week’s time. We’re pleased with the support and cooperation of the community as we move to improve the living conditions of the fire-affected households. These households in Europe informal settlement form part of a larger reconnection drive of households across the metro that were cut off from electricity supply due to fire. City teams will do their best to complete work as soon as possible over the coming weeks and months and we remain committed to our most vulnerable residents,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen today, 17 February 2022, during a site inspection of work commencing.

The reinstatement of the electricity connections following the fire was impacted by a shortage of cables. Work will now continue unabated.

After the fire, the City assisted with debris removal and site clearance as well as enabling soft relief.

Source: City Of Cape Town