Alexandra power outage: City Power reports supply restored
City Power reports full electricity supply restored on 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue between Roosevelt and Selborne in Alexandra. Its latest notice on 1 November 2026 links the cable fault to the outage reported on 30 October. The report covers that named area; the exact switching time and affected-customer total remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports full supply restored on 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue between Roosevelt and Selborne; exact switching time is unknown.
Source moment: 01 Nov 2026, 15:20 UTC (17:20 local time)
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City Power reports full supply restored on 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue between Roosevelt and Selborne.
The restoration notice links the cable fault to the outage reported on 30 October.
Exact switching time and affected-customer total are unknown; individual addresses have not been independently checked.
Operator reports restoration in the named area
The latest notice carries an edited timestamp of 17:20:13 SAST on 1 November, equivalent to 15:20:13 UTC. City Power reports full supply restored in the named streets. That timestamp identifies the edited notice, rather than the moment electricity returned. The original publication time of this latest notice is unknown, and no precise switching time is given. It therefore cannot establish a uniform outage duration for individual properties.
Earlier on 1 November, City Power said a contractor was on site exposing the fault and that repairs would follow full exposure. That update, published at 13:19:31 SAST, gave no estimated restoration time. It described work still under way. The later restoration report is now the operator’s current position for this area, replacing the earlier account of pending repair work.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named area
- 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue between Roosevelt and Selborne; Alexandra, Johannesburg; affected count unknown
- Operator response
- City Power reports full supply restored in the named area
- Timing
- Latest notice edited: 1 November 2026, 17:20:13 SAST / 15:20:13 UTC; onset and switching time unknown
Recovery scope and remaining uncertainties
The restoration report concerns 12th Avenue to 16th Avenue between Roosevelt and Selborne. It does not establish recovery across all of Alexandra or Johannesburg. The number of affected connections and a complete address list remain unknown. The evidence is a primary operator statement, without an independent check of supply at individual homes or businesses. A report for the named streets cannot establish the present condition of every connection.
City Power links this cable fault to the 30 October outage. Its original notice said a team had been informed to investigate the interruption at Alexandra Substation. Other Alexandra and Westfield incidents remain separate: recovery in this footprint cannot be applied to those events. The recorded statements also do not establish that every address was continuously disconnected between the first notice and the restoration report.
Planning for essential devices
The grid-down essentials guide covers household preparation. The runtime calculator helps compare essential device demand with battery capacity, while the internet backup guide covers connectivity planning. These resources can support preparation during an interruption, but do not predict this incident’s duration or when electricity will return.