31 Johannesburg suburbs to be affected by a power outage

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Residents in Johannesburg are urged to prepare for a 6-8-hour power outage that will occur in 31 suburbs on Friday, 4 April 2025 and on Monday, 6 April 2025. Customers are urged to keep their electricity supply points as live.

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

REASON FOR OUTAGE

The power utility regularly maintains its electricity network to ensure better service provision.

“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.

AREAS AFFECTED

These are the suburbs that will be affected by the power outage at Orlando Switching Station from 8:00 to 14:00 (6 hours) on Friday, 4 April 2025:

Yeast Pro Number 1 and 2
Watt Street
Parson Street
Bunsen Street South
Breweries Riverlea
Riverlea
Eastern Industria
Bosmont Maraisburg
Industria North
Bunsen Street
Slovo Crosby Number 1 and 2
Lowethal Industrial West
Longdale
George Scott
Springbok Street
Telford Street
Paarlshop
Nobel Street
Slovo Crosby
Maraisburg Road
Vega Street Number 1,2 and 3
Industria South

These are the suburbs that will be affected by the power outage at Mondeor Substation from 8:00 to 16:00 (8 hours) on Monday, 7 April 2025:

Mondeor
Mondeor Ext.2, 4, 5
Meredale
Maredaale Ext. 2, 4, 9, 26
Ridgeway Ext. 2, 4, 8
Naturena
Winchester Hills Ext. 1
Suiderood
Alan Manor

JOHANNESBURG TO FACE TARIFF HIKES FOR 2025

The city of Johannesburg proposed their municipal tariff increases for the 2026/2026 financial year on Wednesday, 2 April 2025, reported BusinessTech.

An amount of R80 billion was set for the operating budget and R7 billion was set for capital expenditures, totalling R87.6 billion.

For the next three years, Johannesburg Water will receive R5.32 billion while City Power Johannesburg will receive R5.26 billion as they have the largest budgets.

Property rates and refuse removal fees have also increased by more than 4%.

The City of Johannesburg CFO Tebogo Moraka said that their intention is to ensure financial sustainability while maintaining service delivery.

“These strategies help us avoid passing the full cost of supplier tariff increases onto residents. The City of Johannesburg remains committed to being financially viable while providing essential services to its residents,” Moraka said.