Power Outages in South Africa
Live status across metros. Last refreshed 19 Apr 2026, 14:30.
Live signal - Johannesburg
15 active outages in Johannesburg right now - 7 planned maintenance.
Including: 2nd Avenue, 9th Road, The Hill, Violet Street, Hillbrow, Nancefield Industrial.
See all JHB outages and suburbs ->Coverage by city
We're rolling out live outage tracking city by city. Johannesburg is live today. Additional metros coming over the next few months.
Live feed from @CityPowerJhb. 758 suburb pages with live status.
Tshwane (Pretoria)
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Ekurhuleni
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City of Cape Town
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eThekwini (Durban)
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Eskom Direct
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Is this load shedding or an outage?
Two different things. Load shedding follows a national rotating schedule when Eskom can't meet demand - stages are announced in advance. Unplanned outages are local faults: a blown transformer, a cable theft incident, a substation trip. This site tracks both separately. If your area is dark during a scheduled load shedding slot, check our load shedding schedule. If power is out outside scheduled hours, it's likely an unplanned outage - check your city's page above.
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