City Power attends to unplanned power outage at Prospect and Sebenza

The line affects several major substations in the North East, inner-city and south of Johannesburg.

City Power technicians have been dispatched to go on-site to investigate and attend to the power loss.

The power loss has occurred less than an hour ago this afternoon and has affected some of the following areas:

Sunningdale, Lyndhurst, Waverley, Wynbverg, Crystal Gardens, Birmnam, Glenhazel, Highlands North, Fairmount, Silvamonte, Bramley, Lombardy East, Savoy, Inanda, Melrose, Kent Park, Fairways, Killarney, Illovo, Oaklands, Houghton, Alexandra, Rouxville, Norwood, Sydenham, Orange Grove, Bagleston, Maryvale, Bellevue, Observatory, Cyrildene, Kensington, Bruma, Dewetshof, Bez Valley, Joburg CBD, Westfield, Greenstone, Sebenza, Thornhill, Founders Hill, Longmeadow, Robertsham, Turffontein, Mulbarton, Roseacres, Linmeyer, Regents Park, Observatory, Kenilworth, Oakdene, Tulisa Park, South Hills, Mondeor, Cleveland, Benrose, Denver, Kensington, Bez Valley, Doornfontein, Inner City of JHB and surrounds.

The estimated time of power restoration is currently unavailable from site.

As the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to treat their electricity supply points as live at all times

City Power will keep customers updated of progress in power restoration via Twitter handle.