Johannesburg power outage history

A record of power outages reported by City Power across Johannesburg. Use this page to see how often your suburb or substation loses power, which areas are worst affected, and what causes faults most often. For live outages right now see today's Johannesburg power outages.

2286

outages reported in 2026

2286

outages on record

11 hours

typical time to restoration (from first report)

132

outages in Alexandra (most affected)

113

outages at Alexandra Substation (worst)

Outages by month in 2026

Count of outages reported by City Power each month.

Month	Outages
April 2026	306
May 2026	551
June 2026	490
July 2026	519
August 2026	420

Suburbs with the most outages in 2026

Click a suburb for its own outage page and local history.

Alexandra132 outages Northriding84 outages Roodepoort77 outages Honeydew62 outages Rabie Ridge60 outages Weltevreden Park58 outages Eldorado Park57 outages Wilgeheuwel55 outages Gresswold54 outages Lenasia48 outages Northcliff48 outages Wemmer48 outages East Bank43 outages Bryanston43 outages Braamfontein42 outages Far East Bank41 outages Ruimsig41 outages Freedom Park41 outages Nancefield41 outages Northriding AH39 outages

Substations with the most outages in 2026

A substation feeds several suburbs, so one substation fault can affect many streets at once. These are the substations City Power reported most often.

Substation	Outages
Alexandra Substation	113
Cydna Substation	57
Gresswold Substation	55
Tshepisong Switching Station	50
Wemmer Substation	45
Hursthill Substation	42
Industria Substation	38
Nancefield Substation	38
Nirvana Substation	36
Robertsham Substation	32

Recent Johannesburg power outages

Industria, Bosmont, Riverlea, Eldorado Park
29 Aug 2026 • Fed by Industria Substation substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Mayfair North, Crown, Amalgam, Frederick Park
28 Aug 2026 • Fed by Mayfair Substation substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Stone Close, Hereford Road, Stoneridge Drive, Emerald Boulevard
27 Aug 2026 • Fed by Greenstone Hill Switching Station substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Bellevue, Observatory
26 Aug 2026 • Fed by Bellevue Substation substation
Mondeor
26 Aug 2026
Orange Grove
26 Aug 2026 • Cause: equipment fault
Ormonde, Crown Mines, Nasrec, Soccer City
26 Aug 2026 • Fed by Crown Substation substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Parktown West, Braamfontein
26 Aug 2026 • Fed by Ridge Substation substation
Honeydew, Ruimsig, Laser Park, Clover
26 Aug 2026 • Fed by Ruimsig Switching Station substation • Cause: third party; broken jumper
Bryanston
26 Aug 2026 • Cause: accident
Vasco Da Gama
26 Aug 2026 • Fed by Vasco Da Gama Switching Station substation • Cause: cable fault
Bellevue, Observatory, Yeoville
26 Aug 2026
Glenanda, Oakdene
26 Aug 2026 • Cause: network upgrade work
Moodie Hill, Bryanston, River Club
25 Aug 2026 • Fed by Bryanston Substation substation • Cause: cable fault
Greenstone Hill
25 Aug 2026 • Fed by Greenstone Hill Substation substation

About this data. OurPower compiles this record from public power outage notifications published by City Power Johannesburg. Each entry is a reported outage with its reported duration. We only show what City Power publicly announces, so some localised faults never appear here. "Time to restoration" is measured from when the outage was first reported, not from when it began, so it's a proxy rather than an exact repair time. This record starts from April 2026.

Last updated: 2026/09/02, 18:30:43.

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