Power outage hits Melville, Parkhurst and surrounding suburbs following faults at City Power substations
Three City Power substations have tripped, leaving several Johannesburg suburbs without electricity while technical teams investigate the cause.
Widespread power outages are affecting residents in Parkhurst, Melville, Auckland Park, Northcliff and surrounding suburbs following faults at three City Power substations on October 23.
City Power confirmed the outages at the Parkhurst, Hursthill and Roosevelt Park substations shortly after 13:00. The fault at the Parkhurst substation is impacting Craighall Park, Greenside, Forest Town, Parkhurst, Parkview, Victory Park, Saxonwold and Westcliff. Technical teams are on site investigating the cause and repair and restoration plans will be confirmed once technical teams identify the fault.
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The outage at the Hursthill substation is affecting Auckland Park and Melville. City Power teams will move to that site after completing work at Parkhurst.
At the Roosevelt Park substation, which supplies Fairland, Roosevelt Park and Northcliff, approximately 30% of the supply has already been restored.
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No estimated restoration times are available yet, and City Power said further updates will be issued as more information becomes available.
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