Johannesburg power outage history

Outages by month in 2026

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

Suburbs with the most outages in 2026

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

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.

Recent Johannesburg power outages

• Randjespark
  19 Apr 2026 • Fed by Randjespark Switching Station substation • Lasted 55 min • Cause: faulty transformer
• 10th avenue Roosevelt, 13 Hofmayer, Alexandra 8th Ave, Alexandra 5th Avenue
  18 Apr 2026 • Fed by Alexandra Substation substation • Lasted 1 days • Cause: false alarm
• 1st to 8th Avenue between London road and Roosevelt street, Rembrandt Park, Lombardy East
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Alexandra Substation substation • Lasted 2.1 hours • Cause: cable fault
• Dube Hostel
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by ESKOM Virtual Source Lenasia Area substation • Lasted 10.2 hours • Cause: overload
• Cleveland, Heriotdale, Denver, Benrose
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Prospect Substation substation • Lasted 1.8 days • Cause: cable fault
• Silveratone Crescent, Kyalami Park
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Star Point Switching Station substation • Lasted 21.9 hours • Cause: faulty cable
• Roodepoort West
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Manufacta Substation substation • Lasted 11.3 hours • Cause: multiple cable faults
• Berea
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Fort Substation substation • Lasted 5.4 hours • Cause: cable fault
• Victory Park, Linden
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Parkhurst substation • Lasted 5.8 hours • Cause: cable fault
• South Hills, Bethany Road, South Hills Ext 1, City Deep Ext 24
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Moffat View Substation substation • Lasted 1.4 days • Cause: planned maintenance
• Lawley 2
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Hopefield Substation substation • Lasted 8.7 hours
• Johannesburg
  17 Apr 2026 • Fed by Nirvana Substation substation • Lasted 4.8 hours • Cause: overhead line fault
• Goudrand
  16 Apr 2026 • Fed by Roodepoort substation • Lasted 0 min • Cause: cable fault
• Weletvreden Park, Allens Nek, Weltevreden Park
  16 Apr 2026 • Fed by Panorama Switching Station substation • Lasted 3 hours • Cause: multiple cable faults
• Winchester Hills, Mondeor
  16 Apr 2026 • Fed by Mondeor substation • Lasted 2.8 hours • Cause: blown termination