14-05-2025
18 Johannesburg suburbs to be affected by a power outage
City Power Johannesburg has scheduled a planned power outage that is set to affect 18 suburbs in the city on Saturday, 17 May 2025 from 8:00 to 14:30. POWER OUTAGE DUE TO MAINTENANCE WORK
The power outage is due to maintenance work that the power utility regularly does on its electricity network.
'The interruption is necessary to do essential maintenance work on our network, which is part of our program of constantly striving to provide a better service,' the statement read.
These are the suburbs that will be affected by the power outage on Saturday, 17 May 2025, from 8:00 to 14:30, these are the suburbs affected: Parktown
Parktown West
Parktown East
The Wilds
Old Wilds
Princess Palace
Berea
Old Berea
Academic Hospital 1, 2, 3 and 4
Isle of Houghton 1 and 2
Melville
High Street
Mitchel Str and East Ave
York Road
Girton Road
St Andrew Road
Wellington Street
Hillbrow
Eskom has implemented stage-2 load shedding which will run from 16:00 on Tuesday, 13 May 2025, to 22:00 on Thursday, 15 May 2025.
The power utility stated that the implementation of load shedding is due to a limited generation capacity that was caused by a delay in return of generation units amounting to over 3 000MW.
Additionally, there was a loss of over 1 300MW due to unplanned breakdowns.
'The primary reason for this setback is the delay in returning several units from planned maintenance. These delays, coupled with an unplanned capacity loss that has now temporarily exceeded 13 000MW, align with the risk of scenarios shared in our Winter 2025 Outlook,' explained Eskom.
Despite current pressures, Eskom assures that the system is in a stronger position when compared to previous winters.
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