8-hour power outage to affect 13 Johannesburg suburbs

City Power Johannesburg to implement an 8-hour power outage in 13 areas in the city. The power outage will occur on Wednesday, 28 May 2025.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THE POWER OUTAGE

These are the areas that will be affected by the power outage from 9:00 to 17:00:

• Atholl
• Houghton
• Houghton Estate
• Houghton West
• Illovo
• Inanda
• Kent Park
• Kew
• Melrose arch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
• Melrose Estate
• Norwood
• Oaklands
• Werda Valley

The power utility urged customers to treat their electricity supply points as live.

“As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live,” said City Power.

City Power Johannesburg has issued a warning to the public regarding fake news spread about the power utility.

A false WhatsApp message circulating with an image of Sydney Maluleke, a technician contractor, falsely accused him of unlawfully disconnecting electricity and soliciting bribes.

“These defamatory claims appear to have originated from a disgruntled customer whose supply was disconnected after clear evidence of meter tampering was discovered.”

“The contractor was part of a team that was officially mandated by City Power to conduct prepaid meter audits in Orange Grove,” explained City Power.

City Power urges customers to act responsibly and address concerns or disagreements to the proper authorities, not on social media platforms.

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