Austin View power outage: City Power reports 89% supply restored
City Power reports that 89% of the power supply has been restored to customers in Austin View following a cable fault. Its Rabie Ridge Switching Station notice, published at 17:32 SAST on 11 October, says the outage was reported that afternoon. Two load centres remain off because of an existing fault, and further fault-location assistance is planned.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: partly restored · 11 October, 17:32 SAST: City Power reports partial restoration in Austin View, with two load centres remaining off.
Source moment: 11 Oct 2026, 15:32 UTC (17:32 local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports 89% power-supply restoration in Austin View.
Two load centres remain off; test-branch assistance will be requested to locate the fault.
No restoration estimate or affected customer total is supplied.
Two load centres still without supply
The operator says its test branch team will be requested to help locate the fault affecting the two load centres. That describes the next planned step. The notice does not say that the fault has already been located, that repairs are complete or that the remaining supply has been restored. It provides no estimated restoration time for the outstanding interruption.
City Power uses the wording “89% of the power supply” in its update. This should be retained as a supply-restoration statement. It is not a verified percentage of customers, connections or people, and no total affected customer count is supplied. The two load centres are not individually named, so the notice cannot identify the remaining affected addresses.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named affected area
- Austin View; Rabie Ridge Switching Station, Johannesburg
- Reported cause
- Cable fault, according to City Power
- Remaining work
- Two load centres off; test-branch help to be requested for fault location
- Affected customers
- Total unknown; 89% refers to power supply
- Restoration estimate
- Not supplied; full restoration not confirmed
A dated Austin View report with limits
The available statement identifies Austin View and Rabie Ridge Switching Station and dates the outage report to the afternoon of 11 October. Its publication time records when City Power issued the update; it does not establish the exact moment the cable fault occurred or when each customer lost electricity. The reported cause is the operator’s attribution, without an independent engineering assessment.
The description of an existing fault leaves its relationship to older Rabie Ridge interruptions unresolved. This update should not be read as proof that those earlier events have ended or that all customers supplied through the switching station have recovered. It establishes partial restoration within the named Austin View scope. Exact onset, affected customer total, remaining load-centre identities and a full-restoration timetable remain unknown.
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