Fordsburg residents struggle to keep warm amid power outage

Residents of Fordsburg in Johannesburg say they are struggling to keep warm in the extreme cold due to a massive power outage in the area.

The entire community has been without electricity since Sunday night.

Residents say they are still unsure as to how long the outage will last.

Akhil Jaynath says the situation is unbearable, “We are experiencing some really troubled times, we do not have electricity for the past two days. With the weather warnings and stuff, it is becoming really unbearable. We do not have electricity to warm water to have a bath or shower and we can’t put our heaters on to keep warm.

It’s becoming difficult to sleep through the night and I just pray and hope that our electricity comes right so we can live day by day.”