Major power outage plunges Johannesburg south into darkness

said at 7:50 that it was aware of a widespread outage affecting a substation in Johannesburg south and that the outage was caused by a suspected line trip from the Orlando Switching Station.Frustrated residents took to social media X to voice their frustrations about not having power.

Compounding the situation, City Power also said that the outage affects operations at the Rand Water Board. “We apologise for the massive inconvenience caused. The estimated time of restoration will be communicated in the following updates,” Mangena said.‘Lying lifeless on the roof with wires in his hands’ – 3 killed by illegal connections

The power utility said it restored power to several areas fed by the Nancefield and Nirvana substations, including Eldos South, Klipspruit, Kliptown, Devland, Nancefield Industrial, Freedom Park, Joshco, Joburg Water, Bushkoppies, Olifantsvlei treatment plants, Coca-Cola, Eldorado Park North, and Freedom Park.

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