The utility cautioned that bad weather may slow response times, potentially delaying repairs and restorations.
City Power has notified customers across multiple regions of planned and emergency power interruptions scheduled throughout the week as the utility conducts essential maintenance work on its network.
Midrand faces Thursday disruption
Customers in Midrand’s Region A will experience a planned power interruption at Noordwyk Substation on Thursday, 13 November 2025, from 9am until 5pm.
The outage will affect numerous areas including:
- Data Park
- Sagewood
- Country View
- Savannah Hills
- Erand Gardens
- Johnson & Johnson
- 13th and 14th Road
- Corporate Park North
- Corporate Park South
- Curro School (Sagewood)
- Randjiespark George Road
- Nordwyk Shopping Centre
- Protea Hotel
- Parts of 8th Road
- Parts of Lever Road
- Vodacom Commercial Park
- Development Bank of South Africa
- Cypress, Cedar, Chestnut, Ebony, Baobab and Ash Street
- Coubrough, Oudekraal, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Road
- Platberg, Poplar, Tambotie, Karee, Magnolia, Acacia Street
- Palm, Silvertree, Essenwood, Bottlebrush and Boxwood Road
- Birch, Anaboom, Blackwood, Keurboom, and Mahogany Street
- Jacaranda, Geelbos, Liebenberg, Blougom, and Blombos Street
- Bronberg
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Roodepoort interruption set for Friday
In Roodepoort’s Region C, a planned power interruption at Drankens Avenue Switching Station is scheduled for Friday, 14 November 2025, from 8am until 4pm.
The interruption will only affect Quellerina.
Inner city maintenance and ongoing outage
The Inner City Service Delivery Centre is managing multiple planned maintenance operations while dealing with an ongoing power disruption.
City Power said the centre on Wednesday was addressing 168 open calls.
Braamfontein Substation maintenance scheduled for Wednesday, 12 November 2025, will run from 8am to 4pm, affecting:
- Wits University,
- Jorissen, Station and nearby streets.
At Johnware Substation, customers in Fordsburg and surrounding areas are experiencing a power disruption.
City Power said investigations were temporarily halted due to safety concerns and visibility issues, but confirmed the team would resume efforts and communicate an estimated time of restoration once the investigation is complete.
System constraints and weather warnings
City Power has issued warnings about constrained power systems in both the Inner City and Hursthill regions, urging customers to reduce their electricity consumption to prevent overload.
The utility also cautioned that inclement weather conditions could affect response times to outages, potentially delaying repairs and restorations.
Customer advisory and apology
City Power stated that the interruptions are necessary to perform essential maintenance work on its network. “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 utility said.
The power supplier urged customers to exercise caution during the outages. “As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live,” City Power said.
Load shedding has been suspended until further notice.
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