City Power announces power outage for 28 Johannesburg suburbs

A planned power outage will affect 28 suburbs in Johannesburg, Gauteng on Thursday, 23 April 2026.

Planned by City Power Johannesburg, the power outage will last for eight hours at different substations.

The cause of the outage is due to essential work that needs to be done on their electricity network to ensure better service provision.

POWER OUTAGE TO AFFECT THESE JOHANNESBURG SUBURBS

The power utility released a statement about the outage affecting suburbs in Randjiespark Switching Station and New Road Substation on Thursday, 23 April 2026.

The power outage will affect Randjiespark, Tsessebe Crescent, Suni Avenue,Lechwe Street and Randjiespark Corporate Park suburbs at Randjiespark Switching Station from 9:00 to 17:00.

Suburbs that the power outage will affect at New Road Substation from 9:00-17:00 are Segal, Data Park, Invicta Road, Matuka Close, Part of 8^th Road, 13^th and 14^th Road, Harry Galaun Drive, Parts of Lever Road, Noordwyk Ext 54, 82 and Midrand Primary School.

Other suburbs are Sandridge Shopping Centre, 3^rd,5^th,6^th,7^th,9^th,11^th and 13^th Road, Carlswald, New Road, Fire Station, Holdings 125, Norfolk Road, Monroe Road, Midridge Park, Meadways Mews, Sandridge Village, Van Heerden Drive and Midrand High School.

“As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live,” said City Power.

THREE SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM AT CITY POWER DELIVERY CENTRE

City Power reported on Friday, 17 April 2026 that three suspects have been arrested at its Inner City Service Delivery Centre (SDC).

A group of 15 people from Bezuidenhout Valley stormed the SDC reception area.

The residents demanded technicians to be dispatched immediately to repair electricity to 3^rd and 4^th Avenue.

The area had been experiencing an unplanned outage.

“City Power had been actively communicating with affected customers throughout the outage period,” said the electricity provider.

City Power said despite their attempts to communicate with the community, residents—angry over the situation—stormed the centre, breaking office chairs, photo frames, and a door handle.

The power supply company’s Security and Risk Management Services immediately called the police and three suspects were arrested.

The suspects are currently in custody and charged with malicious damage to property.

TRANSFORMER SUPPLYING POWER TO RANDJESPARK RESTORED

Technicians from City Power have successfully repaired the transformer supplying electricity to the Randjespark Switching Station.

A transformer failure prolonged the outage, which began on Monday, 30 March 2026.

The sourcing of specialised, high‑demand materials delayed power restoration.

The energy supplier deployed a generator to restore electricity to the remaining areas of Randjespark.

“Our technical team will be assessing the generator, and once it has been confirmed to be in good working condition, it will be commissioned to restore power to the remaining customers,” the statement read.