Planned power outage to impact these parts of Johannesburg

City Power Johannesburg has scheduled an 8-hour power outage in the city to carry out routine maintenance.

City Power mentioned, “The interruption is necessary to do maintenance work on our network, which is part of our programme of constantly striving to provide a better service.”

Customers are urged to always treat their supply points as live.

POWER OUTAGE

The power outage will occur at Khanyisa Substation on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, from 9:00 until 17:00 in these areas:

• Bryanston
• Bryanston 40
• Bryanston ext. 75
• Cowdray Park ext. 1
• Lyme Park
• Bryanston ext. 8
• Bryanston ext. 64
• Bryanston ext. 95
• Hurlingham ext.5

ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS DISCONNECTED IN CROWN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT

On Wednesday, 16 July 2025, City Power removed illegal connections in the Crown informal settlement.

During the multi-disciplinary operation, officials confiscated over 10,000 kilograms of illegally connected aluminium cable worth around R500,000.

City Power has previously dismantled illegal connections in the area several times.

“This is not the first time illegal connections have been removed in the Crown informal settlement. Previous disconnection efforts over the past year in the same areas have been undermined by repeated illegal reconnections, indicating a persistent and organised effort by criminal syndicates,” said City Power.

Six businesses, including a building housing a higher education institution, owes R4.9 million.

The power utility encouraged customers who earn less than R7 503 to register for its Free Basic Electricity (FBE) which provides free electricity to help meet essential needs.

“Customers on the resident prepaid low tariff will remain exempt from the R70 service charge and R130 network capacity charge,” added the power utility.