Electricity upgrades will cause outages

Walvis Bay's Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo Red) announced on 5 November 2008 that it will carry out upgrades on its facilities that will affect power services in some areas of the city on 5-6 November. While power will only be out for a short duration on Hage Geingob, Theo Ben Gurirab and Twelve roads on 5 November, more extensive outages are scheduled for the next day. On 6 November, Fifth and Sixth streets, West and Seventh roads and Sam Nujoma Avenue -- which is Walvis Bay's busiest street -- will be without power for nine hours. Most businesses along Sam Nujoma Avenue will also close for the duration of the power outage. Erongo Red expects power to be fully restored to these areas by 1700 local time on 6 November