Otjiwarongo has been without electricity since 16h30 Thursday. The power failure occurred after Otjiwarongo 66kV CB tripped at NamPower’s Gerus substation, leaving Otjiwarongo and Matemba without electricity. Cenored reported that NamPower closed a breaker twice and this may have damaged infrastructure. The hospital is the only place not affected by the outage. Two of the largest supermarkets are using generators. NamPower reports that Otjiwarongo and Okakarara will be off until around 23h00. However, the public is warned to treat electrical connections as live as it may be switched on at any time without warning.