More than 70 suburbs in Johannesburg are set to experience an 8-hour power outage on Wednesday, 2 April 2025 from 8:00 to 16:00 and on Thursday, 3 April 2025, from 8:00 to 16:00. 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.
OUTAGE REASON
The power utility regularly does essential maintenance on 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.
AFFECTED SUBURBS
These are the suburbs that will be affected by the power outage at Florida Substation from 8:00 to 16:00 on Wednesday, 2 April 2025:
- Florida North
- Maraisburg
- Florida View
- Florida Hills
- Florida Glen
- Quellerina
- Whiteridge
- Industria North
These are the suburbs that will be affected by the power outage at Noordwyk Substation from 8:00 to 16:00 on Thursday, 3 April 2025:
- Country View
- Savannah Hills
- Development Bank of South Africa
- Corporate Park South
- Corporate Park North
- Randjiespark 15th Road
- Randjiespark 16th Road
- Randjiespark George Road
- Erand Gardens
- 13th Road
- 14th Road
- Protea Hotel
- Skurweberg
- Frederick
- Platberg
- Bronberg
- Data Park
- Vodacom Commercial Park
- Taiibos
- Rooihout
- Poplar
- Tambotie
- Karee
- Magnolia
- Jakaranda
- Geelbos
- Liebenberg
- Blombos
- Blougom
- Acacia
- Cypress
- Cedar
- Chestnut
- Ebony
- Baobab
- Ash
- Birch
- Anaboom
- Blackwood
- Kiaat
- Keurboom
- Mahogany
- Mopanie
- Naboom
- Plane
- Suikerbos
- Palm
- Silvertree
- Essenwood
- Bottlebrush
- Boxwood
- Coubrough
- Oudekraal
- Parts of Lever Road
- Vodaworld
- Pharmaceutical Road
- Johnson and Johnson
- Medical Road
- Parts of 8th Road
- Noordwyk Shopping Center
- Sagewood
- Curro School Sagewood
- George Road
CUT OFF OPERATION UNDERWAY IN JOHANNESBURG INNER CITY
City Power Johannesburg, in collaboration with Joburg Water, is disconnecting electricity on non-compliant businesses in the inner city with the #CutOffOperation.
“This operation aims to enforce compliance, recover outstanding revenue and ensure the sustainability of essential services,” said City Power.
City Power’s General Manager, Arsenio Cossa, said that they were visiting the properties they disconnected a few weeks back but ended up reconnecting themselves again illegally.
“We’ve started with number one we have got Johannesburg Hotel and that we have successfully disconnected and removed our equipment. Now we are here also disconnecting this property (pointing behind him) and we are removing our equipment here,” said Cossa.
In other related news, a building owingCity Power more than R6 million was disconnected in Fortesque Road, Yeoville. City Power said that failure to pay for electricity services will result in disconnection.
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