Many Johannesburg residents have aired their concerns regarding being overcharged when buying prepaid electricity.

City Power has disconnected hundreds of housing unit’s in Johannesburg with bypassed prepaid meters in less than a week.

A planned power outage lasting 8 hours is scheduled to impact 19 areas in Johannesburg.

City Power implemented load reduction during peak times from 6:00 – 10:00 and 16:00 – 22:00 in high-density areas and suburbs.

No less than seven ‘defaulting’ households in the upscale Dainfern Golf Estate in Johannesburg have found themselves without electricity.

Prepaid electricity customers had until 24 November to update their meters, but City Power has granted non-vending customers an extension.

As part of assisting with prepaid electricity meter upgrades, City Power says it won’t fine customers who have not been buying tokens.

Residents of Johannesburg in some suburbs are set to experience a planned power interruption on Tuesday, 9 July.

City of Johannesburg residents who use prepaid electricity meters are up in arms as City Power is now charging an extra R200 per month.

Nine security officers contracted by City Power are among 15 that were arrested for cable theft and vandalism.

Johannesburg residents will pay extra for electricity from Monday, 1 July, as Nersa has approved the annual City Power tariff hike.

City Power has confirmed its intention to appeal a recent court ruling that mandates the payment of its R1.73 billion debt to Eskom.

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng has criticised Johannesburg City Power for implementing load reduction in winter.

According to City Power, a routine inspection in ‘affluent’ Johannesburg suburbs has revealed that residents are freeloading from the grid.

City Power will implement load reduction in some Johannesburg areas from Monday, 10 June. Here’s what you should know.

City Power has issued an urgent request to its customers to reduce electricity consumption immediately, to prevent winter blackouts.

City Power says it might implement load reduction in certain areas in Johannesburg as its system is strained due to high electricity demand.

A number of suburbs in Johannesburg have not had electricity since the devastating M1 tunnel fire that damaged City Power cables.

Eskom dragged City Power to court to force it to pay R1 billion debt. In turn, the City of Johannesburg says Eskom owes it over R3 billion.

Eskom has approached the Johannesburg High Court to force City Power to pay its escalating R1 billion debt.

More than 30 areas are going to experience a planned power outage in Johannesburg this Sunday, 21 April, from 8:00 to 16:00.

Johannesburg City Power has explained why it destroyed a productive vegetable garden that a man had built on an empty plot.

A man who grew veggies in a vacant lot along Jan Smuts Avenue in Johannesburg has had his vegetable garden flattened by City Power workers.

City Power has initiated a programme to audit and install new solar geysers in low-income households across Midrand and Lenasia.

City Power has intensified its Revenue Collection Drive, targeting defaulting businesses and major power consumers in Kya Sand.

Residents in certain areas of Johannesburg, should prepare for a planned power outage on Monday, 25 March.

City Power alerted Johannesburg residents about a planned power outage at Mondeor Substation on Sunday, 10 March. Here are the affected areas.

City Power says it will not hesitate to pull out teams from any area where their safety is at risk after technicians were robbed at gunpoint.

Residents in several areas of Johannesburg are advised of a scheduled power interruption on Sunday, 18 February.

Watch news in a minute City Power has announced an 8-hour power outage for 32 areas in Johannesburg on Sunday,

City Power’s new toll-free line improves customer service, handling outages over 24 hours and prolonged area-wide interruptions.

Although load shedding is currently on hold, City Power anticipates a return to four-hour cycles during elevated load shedding stages.

City Power says it has always stressed the suspicion of internal employees working with those ravaging the city’s infrastructure.

Turnaround times to resolve electricity outages have begun to drag. This is after City Power notified that suppliers were on their end-year break.

Johannesburg will have a 10-hour power outage on Thursday, 21 December, affecting specific areas and leaving residents without electricity.

Authorities successfully apprehended a 60-year-old individual suspected of being involved in the theft of City Power property.

‘A failed state, a failed government. This is South Africa today,’ wrote a clearly agitated Tbo Touch on his Instagram page.

City Power has announced a planned power interruption scheduled for Sunday, that will affect several areas in Johannesburg.

City Power discovered that a suspected 88kv oil-filled cable could’ve been the cause of the substation fire.

City Power has despite of their ‘ICU’ state of revenue challenges, managed to keep the power on at Gauteng Hospitals following discussions.

Amidst City Power’s disconnection warnings, the Gauteng Department of Health steps in with a clarifying statement.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of City Power informs customers of an 8-hour scheduled power outage on Wednesday, 29 November 2023.

City Power informs customers of an 8-hour scheduled power outage on Wednesday, 29 November 2023, customers are urged to prepare.

Customers were fuming this past weekend after enduring longer power outages, which led them to assume City Power had implemented Stage 8.

City Power elaborates that electricity demand reaches its highest and strain increases, leading to outage trips during a heat wave.

The distraught residents claimed to have had enough of never-ending power outages and lack of urgency by City Power.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Understanding Johannesburg’s new Load Shedding schedule announced from City power.

City Power has apologised for the glitch in their system which sees customers being load shed twice BUT it will happen again!

Watch news in a minute for a summary of City Power issues warning that impending thunderstorms and localised flooding.

City Power issues warning that impending thunderstorms and localised flooding may hinder outage response capabilities.

Johannesburg residents can expect to see a change in their load shedding schedule from NEXT WEEK mONDAY, 6 November. Here is why…

City of Johannesburg officials often get attacked, threatened, robbed, obstructed, or simply refused access to electricity and water meters.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Pre-termination notices on two Gauteng hospitals for outstanding electricity bills payments.

The DA says the notices highlight the need for the Gauteng Health Department to pay its bills like everybody else.

City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the outages have been plaguing northern Joburg due to various factors…

City Power officials paid a visit to the two hospitals, namely; Helen Joseph and Rahima Moosa who owe over R30 million collectively.

Sixteen Inner City businesses in Johannesburg owe City Power R33million in unpaid electricity bill, on which owes around R2.6 million

City Power is owed a staggering amount of R2.5 billion by both business and residential defaulting customers within the Inner City.

City Power, with the help of Law enforcement agencies, has ramped up efforts to close the growing customer debt.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Stand-off between City Power workers and Naturena residents over disconnections.

City Power has lost around R90 million due to bypassed metres in Naturena. The disconnection drive was cut short due to safety reasons.

City Power says residents need to ask particular questions to determine the validity of work in progress by an employee or contractor.

City Power says in the 1st quarter of the Financial Year, 17 mini substations were vandalised, each costs a minimum of R800 000.

South Africa’s economic hub, Johannesburg, has secured 92 megawatts from four independent power producers (IPPs.)

City Power has reminded customers about an emergency interruption which will affect some parts of Johannesburg tomorrow.

According to City Power, the trio was taken into custody on separate occasions, with arrests taking place in Alexandra and Booysens.

City Power has confirmed that they have switched on the power to some residents within the Joburg CBD who were affected by the explosion.

City Power says during the 2022/23 financial year, over 2000 cable theft incidents were recorded, resulting in approximately 278 arrests.

City Power is currently purchasing 87% of its power from Eskom and Kelvin supports with the balance of 13%.

City Power has cautioned its customers about widespread planned power outages that will be affecting various parts of Joburg.

City Power lists reasons for side-lining some of the logged calls by customers affected by either a power outage or loadshedding.

Almost three weeks after 3-year-old Neyamiah died after her oxygen machine failed due to load shedding, her parents are “trying to get by.”

City Power has indicated ninety percent (90%) of the work has been completed at the Soweto Substation today.

A City Power contractor was caught by community members after he allegedly sabotaged a substation in Roodepoort without a job card.

The City of Joburg says it will be excluding key customers, essential services and some businesses from loadshedding, DETAILS:

An inverter keeping three-year-old Neyamiah’s breathing machine ran out of charge. Her mother blames Eskom and load shedding.

According to the report, the suspect was electrocuted with high voltage while tampering with the substation and was transported to hospital.

When questioned, the suspect alleged that he is a City Power subcontractor and he further alluded that his wife is a City Power employee.

Residents of Bryanston and Roodepoort have been sitting in the dark for over 24 hours only to be fed inaccurate correspondence.

The residents of Roodepoort last had power before 8am this morning and were forced to keep up with the day without electricity.

City Power says it will not be assisting customers who are not paying for electricity when there are power outages.

City Power spokesperson says internal disciplinary action will be taken against the employee, and the contractors will be fired.

JMPD has nabbed five suspects, including a City Power official after they tried stealing an electrical transformer in Hillbrow

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City Power withdraws its technicians and employees from the gang riddled Westbury and Claremont.

City Power has disconnected electricity supply to the Apartheid Museum and other business centres due to millions in outstanding debt.

Johannesburg Mayor and City Power recovers millions of rands in debt f

The City Power offices in Johannesburg

Cable thieves opened fire on Power City security guards.

City Power recorded 33 cases of cable theft and vandalism in four days.

City Power has announced that it is losing mini substations faster than it can replenish them due to theft and vandalism amid load shedding

City Power customers were severely affected by inclement weather conditions. Eskom has exempted the power supplier from load shedding.

City Power says it is under immense pressure to deal with backlogs following thunderstorms and hail on Monday.

City Power has been experiencing an increase in attacks on its workers including threats of torching their vehicles.

City Power’ was approached by the Department of Health to consider ways to exempt their health facilities from the power cuts.

Kallie Van Vuuren, a senior operator, worked for City Power for more than 19 years before he was killed doing his job.

A Joburg man is in hospital after he tried to illegally reconnect a mini substation and it reportedly blew up in his face.

City Power is intensifying their war on cable theft as they make several arrests this week in Johannesburg.

Joburg’s City Power arrested cable six cable thieves at the weekend but it turns out two of them are their employees.

City Power has identified areas of Johannesburg that have been subjected to further power outages – outside of their load shedding schedules.