Johannesburg residents were alerted to prepare for a planned power outage affecting 12 areas on Tuesday, 25 February 2025.
The interruption takes place from 09:00 to 16:00 in some areas, while others will experience outages until 17:00.
According to the utility provider, the outage is necessary to conduct maintenance work on the electricity network, aimed at improving service reliability.
Residents were advised to treat all electrical points as live, as power may be restored at any time.
Affected Areas and Outage Duration:
09:00 – 16:00 (7 hours):
– Ferndale
– Beverly Gardens
– Fontainebleau
– Robindale
– President Ridge
– Windsor East
– Windsor Glen
– Vandia Grove
09:00 – 17:00 (8 hours):
– Mayibuye
– Rabie Ridge
– Friendship Town
– Kanana Ext. 4 and 5
Emergency Maintenance at Sebenza Substation
Meanwhile, City Power Johannesburg is in the process of restoring electricity to areas affected by emergency maintenance at the Sebenza intake substation. The affected locations include:
– Alexandra
– Inner City
– Reuven Service Delivery Centre (SDC) supply areas
City Power General Manager, Isaac Mangena, explained that an emergency isolation of the Sebenza substation was initiated on Monday, 24 February 2025, at 16:00 to facilitate urgent repairs on a vandalised earth link box.
He confirmed that repairs have been completed, and power restoration is underway. Mangena also clarified that this outage was not related to load-shedding, which remains scheduled as planned.
Eskom Load-Shedding Update
Eskom has confirmed that Stage 4 load-shedding will continue until 05:00 on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. Thereafter, Stage 2 load-shedding will take effect until further notice.
The adjustment follows the recovery of eight out of ten generation units. However, further energy replenishment is required to reach optimal levels.
According to Eskom, unplanned outages currently stand at 13,690MW, exceeding the summer outlook base case of 13,000MW, while planned maintenance is at 7,245MW.
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