Two new generators have recently been installed near a group of Stellenbosch University (SU) residences and will provide electricity to these residences during loadshedding. This is according to Nadeem Gafieldien, director of property services at SU facilities management. The generators were installed between Simonsberg and Helshoogte, which forms part of the so-called Wimbledon cluster, he said.
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