City Hall and Harrison Corner power outage: City Power reports Bree cable fault
City Power reports that electricity supply remains off at City Hall and Harrison Corner in Johannesburg’s CBD because of a cable fault at Bree Substation. Its 25 October 2026 statement says operators remain on site attending to the outage. The available update does not give a restoration estimate or an affected-customer total.
Status of this incident
Power outage confirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · City Power reports supply still off at City Hall and Harrison Corner due to a Bree Substation cable fault, with operators on site. No restoration estimate is provided.
Source moment: 25 Oct 2026, 09:34 UTC (11:34 local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power attributes the City Hall and Harrison Corner outage to a Bree Substation cable fault.
Operators remain on site attending to the interruption, according to City Power.
The exact outage start, customer count and restoration estimate remain unknown.
Where City Power reports the interruption
The operator names City Hall and Harrison Corner within Johannesburg’s central business district. This is a location-specific report: it does not establish a power outage across all of the CBD or across Johannesburg. The available statement does not define the affected street boundaries or identify every connection served by the faulted equipment.
City Power’s notice was published at 11:34:12 SAST on 25 October, equivalent to 09:34:12 UTC. That is the time of the statement, rather than a verified start time for the outage. The report says supply remains off, but does not establish precisely when customers first lost electricity or the total duration of the interruption.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named locations
- City Hall and Harrison Corner, Johannesburg CBD
- Operator-reported fault
- Bree Substation cable fault; operators on site
- Restoration estimate
- Not provided in the 25 October statement
Cable fault and the repair outlook
City Power attributes the interruption to a cable fault at Bree Substation and says operators are on site attending to it. This identifies the reported fault and response. It does not establish what caused the cable damage, which repair stage has been reached or whether any affected connections have since been restored.
No estimated restoration time or customer count is available in the checked statement. A relationship with older CBD fire incidents remains unresolved, so this notice cannot establish continuity with those earlier outages. Further verified operator information is needed to report completed repairs, a restoration estimate or electricity returning to the named locations.
Preparation while the restoration time is unknown
The runtime calculator can help estimate battery endurance for essential devices. The internet backup planner and grid-down essentials guide provide preparation context. These resources do not confirm whether an individual address has electricity or predict when its supply will return.