An 8-hour power outage is set to affect 22 areas in Johannesburg. The outage will occur from Saturday, 21 February 2025 to Tuesday, 25 February 2025.
“As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live,” City Power Johannesburg said in a statement.
AFFECTED AREAS
On Friday, 21 February 2025, Stormille Switching Station, scheduled for Friday, 21 February 2025, the power interruption will occur from 8:00 to 16:00 in these areas:
- Stormille
- Highgate Mall
- Putcotin
On Saturday, 22 February 2025, from 8:00 to 16:00, these are the areas affected:
- Sunningdale
- Waveley
- Barnard
- Birnam
- Bramley Park
- Highlands North
- Bramley
- Athol
- Savoy
- Fairmont
- Sandringham
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025, from 9:00 to 16:00, these are the affected areas:
- Ferndale
- Beverly Gardens
- Fontainbleau
- Robindale
- President Ridge
- Windsor East
- Windsor Glen
- Vandia Grove
ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY MEMBERS PROTEST OVER DELAYS IN POWER RESTORATION
Community members in Alexandra protested over delays in power restoration on Tuesday, 18 February 2025. The community members gathered at City Power’s Service Delivery Centre (SDC) in Johannesburg. According to City Power Johannesburg, protestors burned tyres and blocked the gates of the centre, which further hindered efforts to resolve the power disruption.
A minor outage had occurred in the area on Monday, 17 February 2025, affecting residents from 3rd Avenue to 5th Avenue.
RAINFALL ADDS TO POWER RESTORATION DELAYS
Additionally, rainfall contributed to the delays in restoring power disruptions.
“That’s why we encountered delays in addressing that power supply interruption. We apologise for the inconvenience caused,” said City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena.
eNCA reported that a resident, Lebo Sediane said that there had been multiple attempts to engage City Power on the power restoration with no success.
“We have been struggling with electricity for the past three weeks, and their excuse to use it is that it is raining and they cannot address the issue,” Sediane said.
He added that they came back the next day, and they were given a different date on when the power would return.
Mangena later confirmed that the power supply had been fully restored.
“We, however, are pleased that finally, the power supply has been fully restored. It is crucial to highlight that working on power lines during adverse weather conditions, particularly heavy rain, presents serious safety risks,” Mangena said.
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