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, how long outages typically take to resolve, and which areas are worst affected. For live outages right now see today's Johannesburg power outages.

1544

outages reported in 2026

1544

outages on record

6.7 hours

typical outage length

outages at Alexandra Substation (worst)

Outages by month in 2026

Count of reported outages and cumulative time without power per month.

Month	Outages	Cumulative time without power
April 2026	306	4521.6 hours
May 2026	551	5908.8 hours
June 2026	490	4093.2 hours
July 2026	197	1852 hours

Suburbs with the most outages in 2026

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

Alexandra97 outages Roodepoort66 outages Northriding56 outages Honeydew44 outages Rabie Ridge43 outages Wilgeheuwel39 outages Eldorado Park37 outages Lenasia35 outages Weltevreden Park35 outages Ruimsig32 outages Gresswold32 outages Northcliff32 outages East Bank29 outages Far East Bank28 outages Robertsham28 outages Wemmer28 outages Ennerdale26 outages Northriding AH26 outages Observatory24 outages Little Falls24 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	Total time without power
Alexandra Substation	84	62.1 days
Tshepisong Switching Station	43	15.8 days
Gresswold Substation	35	30.1 days
Cydna Substation	34	18 days
Hursthill Substation	29	18.9 days
Fort Substation	27	6 days
Robertsham Substation	27	15.2 days
Nirvana Substation	26	16.7 days
Wemmer Substation	26	15.8 days
Nancefield Substation	24	17.9 days

Recent Johannesburg power outages

Nguni Drive, Jersey Drive, Friesland Drive, Guernsey Drive
15 Jul 2026 • Fed by Longmeadow Switching Station substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Spur, Crocus Road, Marwari Road, Jutlander Road
14 Jul 2026 • Fed by Beaulieu Switching Station substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Kensington, Observatory
11 Jul 2026 • Fed by Observatory Substation substation
Berea, Hillbrow
11 Jul 2026 • Fed by Fort Substation substation • Lasted 2.6 hours
Cyrildene, Observatory
11 Jul 2026 • Fed by Observatory Substation substation • Cause: cable fault
Bordeaux, Ferndale
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Bond Substation substation • Lasted 0 min • Cause: vandalised transformer
Berea, Hillbrow
10 Jul 2026
Alexandra
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Alexandra Substation substation • Lasted 16.1 hours • Cause: cable fault
Braamfontein
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Braamfontein Substation substation • Lasted 0 min • Cause: faulty cable
Alexandra
10 Jul 2026
Selby, Village Main, Wemmer, New Centre
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Central Substation substation • Lasted 10 min
Rispark, Southfork, Comptonville, Devland
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Eikenhof Substation substation • Cause: planned maintenance
Crown Mines, Soccer City
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Soccer City Switching Station substation • Cause: cable fault
City Deep
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Moffat Substation substation • Lasted 2.4 hours • Cause: cable fault
Wilgeheuwel, Honeydew, Strubens Valley
10 Jul 2026 • Fed by Wilgeheuwel Switching Station substation • Lasted 11.1 hours • Cause: cable fault

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. This record starts from April 2026.

Last updated: 2026/07/18, 17:00:19.

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