Glenesk and Stafford: City Power reports power restored after cable damage
City Power reports that electricity has been fully restored to customers in Glenesk and Stafford, Johannesburg. Its statement identifies Wemmer Substation and attributes the interruption to a damaged cable. The operator issued the update on 25 October 2026; the exact time supply returned, the outage start and the affected-customer total remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Restoration confirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports full restoration in Glenesk and Stafford following a damaged cable, identifying Wemmer Substation.
Source moment: 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC (14:15 local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports full restoration to customers in Glenesk and Stafford.
The operator identifies Wemmer Substation and attributes the outage to a damaged cable.
The statement time is known; the physical restoration time and outage duration are not.
What the restoration report covers
The operator names Glenesk and Stafford as the areas covered by its restoration announcement. The report establishes what City Power says about these two areas. It does not establish that unrelated interruptions elsewhere in Johannesburg have ended, or provide an address-by-address check of electricity supply.
City Power attributes the interruption to a damaged cable. The checked statement does not explain the underlying mechanism of that damage or supply a numerical impact total. Area names alone cannot be converted into a count of customers, households or people. Individual isolated outages may remain despite the operator’s wider restoration announcement.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named supply areas
- Glenesk and Stafford, Johannesburg
- Operator-reported status
- Full restoration; Wemmer Substation identified; damaged cable reported
- Exact restoration time
- Unknown; statement issued 25 October 2026
Publication time and unresolved details
The restoration statement was published at 14:15:29 SAST on 25 October, equivalent to 12:15:29 UTC. This records when the update was issued. It is not a measured switching time for every connection, and it should not be used to calculate an outage duration without a verified start and restoration time.
A relationship with the earlier Stafford and Trojan event reported on 10 October has not been verified. That older event cannot supply an onset or duration for this report. The current conclusion remains limited to City Power’s restoration announcement for Glenesk and Stafford following cable damage; no continuous interruption between the two dates has been established.
Resources for future interruptions
The runtime calculator can help estimate battery endurance for essential devices. The internet backup planner and grid-down essentials guide provide preparation context for future interruptions. These tools cannot verify supply at an individual address or establish when a network repair was completed.