Alberton Power Outage Today - Live Ekurhuleni Status

Yes - the City of Ekurhuleni has 2 active power outages logged in Alberton, currently affecting Alberton North, Florentia, Mackenzie Park. See the suburb list above for which areas are affected and click through for street-level detail.

Alberton includes Alberton North, New Redruth, Brackenhurst, Brackenhurst North, Brackendowns, Meyersdal, Randhart, Raceview, Verwoerdpark, Florentia, General Alberts, Meyersig, Southcrest, Mackenzie Park, Alrode, Palm Ridge and Thokoza. The list above shows live outage status for each - click any suburb with a dedicated page for street-level detail.

No scheduled outages or planned maintenance are currently announced for Alberton. The City of Ekurhuleni usually announces planned outages 24-48 hours ahead for substation, transformer and cable work. This page updates every few minutes.

Call the City of Ekurhuleni Call Centre on 0860 543 000 for any power outage in Alberton. This is the 24/7 fault line. You can also email call.centre@ekurhuleni.gov.za or follow @CoE_Call_Centre on X. Have your street address and account number ready.

Most unplanned outages in Alberton are restored within 4-8 hours. Minor faults like a tripped feeder are usually back in 2-4 hours, while larger faults from cable theft, transformer failure or storm damage can take 12-48 hours. Planned maintenance typically runs 6-10 hours during the day.

If your power is off outside the load shedding schedule, Alberton is having an unplanned outage - not load shedding. Load shedding follows a fixed rotating timetable set by Eskom. For the Alberton load shedding schedule see our Ekurhuleni load shedding pages; this page tracks unplanned outages and load reduction.