Solly Msimanga: Power outage was an act of sabotage

"We had received reports of planned service delivery strike in the area and we have also asked law enforcement agencies to look into the matter," Msimanga told Jacaranda FM news.

He said that they are also aware of plans of a "wild cat" strike at the Capital Park power grid, the biggest grid in Pretoria and that they are linking it to the power outage in the northern parts of the city last night.

"This is just to convenient and thus we do believe that there is an element of sabotage..." Msimanga added.

Msimanga said that they are aware of people that indicated they would not be able to work with the new administration but they would not tolerate this attitude.

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"We will be looking into the matter and making an announcement once we know exactly what happened."

He also asked residents of the city to be patient as they are expecting more of the so called "acts of sabotage"

"We will get through this together," Msimanga said.