22 suburbs in Johannesburg to experience an 8-hour power outage

Residents in Johannesburg are urged to prepare for an 8-hour power outage affecting 22 areas.

More than 22 suburbs in Johannesburg will experience an 8-hour power outage. IMAGE: Pexels

Residents in Johannesburg are urged to prepare for an 8-hour power outage that will affect 22 areas. The power outage will occur on Sunday, 30 March 2025 from 8:00 to 16:00.

POWER OUTAGE REASON

The power utility said that the reason for the power outage is to do maintenance work on their electricity network which will help with better service provision.

“As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live,” the statement read.

AFFECTED AREAS

These are the affected areas where the power interruption will occur from 8:00 to 16:00 on Sunday, 30 March 2025.

In Mondeor Substation, these are the suburbs:

Alan Manor
Kibler Park
Meredale
Meredale ext. 2
Meredale ext. 26
Meredale ext. 4
Meredale ext. 9
Mondeor
Mondeor ext. 3
Mondeor ext. 4
Mondeor ext. 5
Naturena
Ridgeway ext. 4
Ridgeway ext. 5
Ridgeway ext. 8
Suideroord
Winchester Hills ext. 1
Winchester Hills ext. 1

In Florida Substation, these are the suburbs:

Florida North
Maraisburg
Florida View
Florida Hills

CITY POWER JOHANNESBURG IMPLEMENTS EMERGENCY PROJECT

In the past few weeks, areas in Cleaveland Substation have been frequently experiencing a power outage resulting from cable theft and vandalism. To fix this, City Power Johannesburg has implemented an emergency project to replace two copper cables with aluminium in the substation.

“As part of this initiative, we will be removing two existing underground copper cables that are prone to faults and vulnerable to theft and vandalism due to their resale value.”

“We will be replacing those cables with two other 1.5kilometre long cables, that are designed to withstand such threats, minimising the risk of future disruptions. The cables stretch from Cleaveland Substation to Denver Benrose Standby Distributor,” said City Power Johannesburg.

There is a currently ongoing power outage at the Substation that is affecting more than five areas. The areas affected are Benrose ext. 2 -14 and the Denver area in ext. 2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11 and 12.

In other news, City Power Johannesburg conducted a routine audit at 45 Derby Road, Bertrams where an internal bypass was discovered during a continuity test.

“This illegal modification allowed the property to consume electricity without proper billing, directly violating electricity regulations,” said the power utility.

The electricity power supply to the property was disconnected to avoid further unauthorised use.