02-05-2025
Planned power outage to affect 18 Johannesburg suburbs
City Power Johannesburg announced that a planned power outage will affect 18 suburbs on Saturday, 3 May 2025, from 8:00 to 14:30.
The power outage is due to maintenance work done on the utility's electricity network to ensure a better service to its customers.
These are the suburbs that will be affected by the power outage: Hillbrow
Berea
Academic Hospital 1,2,3 and 4
Parktown East
Old Berea
Isle of Houghton 1 and 2
Princess Place
Old Wilds
Parktown West
Parktown
Melville
York Rd
Wellington Street
Girton Road
St Andrew Road
Mitchel Street and Erase Avenue
High Street
The Wilds
'As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live,' said City Power.
The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Dada Morero, visited the M1 Bridge near the Smit Street exit in Braamfontein to inspect the aftermath of an underground cable fire.
A fire broke out on Thursday, 1 May 2025, damaging critical 88 kV power cables between the Braamfontein and Fordsburg substations.
This fire caused multiple power outages in the area, including Parktown West, Newtown Junction, De Korte North, Smith West and surrounding areas.
According to City Power, the cause of the fire is allegedly linked to Zama Zamas' activities.
'City Power has attributed the incident to the activities of zama zamas, whose illicit underground excavations and cable theft are believed to have sparked the fire,' said the power utility.
The power utility said power is being restored where possible and is awaiting authorisation to assess the damage and start with repairs.
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