Hyde Park power outage: City Power reports 93% restored
City Power says electricity has returned to 93% of customers affected by the Rosebank Substation outage in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. Six load centres remain without supply while the remaining fault is located and repaired. The utility published this partial-restoration update at 01:03 SAST on 18 October 2026.
Status of this incident
Partial / reduced supply
Last known status: partly restored · 18 October, 01:03 SAST: City Power reports 93% of affected Hyde Park customers restored; six load centres remain off, with no full-restoration time established.
Source moment: 17 Oct 2026, 23:03 UTC (01:03 local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports 93% restored among affected customers, with six load centres still off.
The utility attributes the outage reported on 17 October to a cable fault; the exact onset remains unknown.
No absolute customer total, locations of the six remaining load centres or full-restoration time is available.
Six load centres remain without power
The operator’s 01:03 SAST restoration notice reports substantial restoration but leaves six load centres without electricity until the remaining fault is located and repaired. City Power attributes the incident reported on 17 October to a cable fault. The notice does not identify those remaining load centres or give the number of customers connected to them.
The 93% figure refers to customers affected by this outage. It does not describe the share of all Hyde Park residents who lost power, and it does not verify electricity at every address. With no absolute affected-customer total, the percentage cannot be converted into a reliable count of customers still without supply.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Area
- Hyde Park, Johannesburg; Rosebank Substation
- Operator restoration report
- 93% of affected customers restored; six load centres remain off
- Affected-customer total
- Unknown; remaining load-centre locations also unknown
- Full restoration
- Time unknown; remaining fault must be located and repaired
Report date and restoration update
An earlier City Power post was published at 21:22 SAST on 17 October. The later statement, issued after midnight at 01:03 SAST on 18 October, says the outage was reported the previous day. That report date is distinct from the time electricity first failed; an exact start time has not been established.
The recorded City Power statements come from the same utility and represent one originating source, rather than independent confirmations. The 01:03 restoration notice supports partial restoration only. No completion time or independent address-level confirmation is available. Any relationship to the separately recorded Cydna/Illovo interruption or the earlier Sturdee event remains unresolved, so their timelines and impacts are kept separate.
Planning while restoration remains incomplete
For essential electricity planning, the runtime calculator compares device demand with battery capacity. The internet backup planner helps assess connectivity needs. These tools can support preparation while a household waits for further information; they cannot check whether a particular connection has supply or predict when network repairs will finish.