A second explosion at the Mayfair substation plunged parts of Johannesburg, including hospitals and the SABC, into darkness. City Power is working on repairs.
A fire at Johannesburg's Mayfair substation left many areas without power. City Power is working gradually to restore supply after damage and weather delays.
Johannesburg's City Power spent R236m tackling cable theft and vandalism in 2025/26, with 20% of outages linked to crime. Steps taken to protect infrastructure.
City Power says cables and transformers seized in Midrand and Alexandra are taken to a salvage yard, weighed and sold only as scrap through a tender...
Johannesburg power outage worsens after Central Substation explosion City Power says the explosion has delayed restoration efforts, with a new estimated time of restoration to be...
Central Substation explosion delays power restoration in Johannesburg Johannesburg residents who have been waiting for their electricity to return will have to wait longer after an...
Joburg’s failing infrastructure is creating opportunities for criminal networks, report warns Johannesburg’s failing water and electricity infrastructure may be doing more than disrupting residents’ daily lives....
City Power recovers R2.5m in equipment during Midrand electricity crackdown An operation targeting illegal electricity connections in Midrand has resulted in the recovery of cables and...
Fires, theft and vandalism have repeatedly damaged Johannesburg’s central substation in Marshalltown, prolonging outages and prompting security and repair plans.
Eskom published a Gauteng load-reduction schedule with morning and evening outage windows. Check the block timetable and affected areas.