Some parts of Johannesburg are without power.
City Power has attributed the power outages in central Johannesburg to a trip in the Fordsburg substation.
In a tweet, City Power says the power cut includes areas around Johannesburg Central, Braamfontein, Newtown, Mayfair, Kibler Park, Alvida, Devland, Olifantsvlei, Eldoradopark, Brixton, Westdene, among others.
It says technicians have been dispatched to work on power restorations.
#Update Orlando Fordburg 3 Incomer tripped, technicians will be dispatched to work on power restorations^GR
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020
#Update #FordburgOutage
The outage in fordburg affects the following substations:#Braamfonten SS#bree SS#Pritchard SS#John Ware SS#Central SS#Mayfair SS#Industria SS#Eikenhof SS#Eldorado Park SS#Nirvana SS#Mayfield and#Soweto SS^GR— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020
#Update #FordburgOutage
The following areas are affected by the above mentioned substations:
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg,
Newtown,
JHB Central,
Mayfair,
Kibler Park,
Neturena,
Alvida,
Devland,
Olifantsvlei,
Eldoradopark,
Lenasia,
Riverlea,
Bosmont,
Richmond,
Brixton & Westdene^GR— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020
#Update #RoodepoortOutage We are aware of the outage in Roodepoort affecting Wilgeheuwel, Honeydew and surroundings, technicians are dispatched to investigate. ETR not available at this moment, further information will be communicated when available^GR
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 3, 2020
#Outage Update #FordburgOutage
Technicians are on site working tirelessly to ensure full power supply. We don't have Etr at the moment and we apologise for any inconvenience caused by this outage.^LP— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020