Rabie Ridge Extension 5 power trips again after restoration
City Power says power supply has tripped following restoration, affecting customers in Rabie Ridge Extension 5. Its 19:08 SAST update on 10 October says operators will inspect the line the next morning because of safety concerns. This follows an earlier 15:49 SAST notice reporting full restoration after an outage attributed to a cable fault. The latest notice does not provide a new restoration estimate.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · 10 October, 19:08 SAST: City Power reports a trip after restoration affecting Rabie Ridge Extension 5. Operators will inspect the line the next morning due to safety concerns; no new restoration estimate is given.
Source moment: Oct 10, 2026, 05:08 PM UTC (07:08 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports a renewed supply trip in Rabie Ridge Extension 5 after its earlier restoration notice.
Due to safety concerns, the operator plans a line inspection for the next morning; this is not a restoration deadline.
The cause and exact onset of the renewed trip, customer count and restoration timing remain unknown.
Renewed trip follows restoration notice
At 15:49 SAST on 10 October, City Power reported full restoration to customers in Extension 5 and attributed that outage to a cable fault. Its later 19:08 SAST notice explicitly reports that supply tripped following restoration. The later statement changes the latest reported position, while preserving the earlier restoration as part of the sequence. Neither notice supplies the exact switching time at each connection or an affected customer count.
City Power says operators will inspect the line the next morning due to safety concerns. The notice does not establish a new repair or restoration deadline, or identify the cause of the renewed trip. Earlier that day, the test branch team had been requested to locate the fault. On 9 October, the operator had also reported an unsuccessful restoration attempt, an immediate trip and barricades preventing further operations. Those earlier details remain attributed operator accounts.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Supply notice
- Allandale Substation / Rabie Ridge Extension 05; exact streets unknown
- Work status
- Supply tripped following restoration, according to City Power’s latest notice
- Restoration update
- Earlier restoration reported at 15:49 SAST; renewed trip reported at 19:08 SAST, with no new restoration estimate
- Affected connections
- Unknown
- Outage onset
- Exact onset unknown; acknowledged on 7 October
Earlier events and the affected boundary
On 8 October, City Power said operators found illegal connections while inspecting faulty overhead lines. According to the operator, the community began mobilising during attempted removal, and operations were withdrawn until safe. The latest notice describes the outage as a cable fault. The relationship between the earlier overhead-line account and this diagnosis remains unclear; neither statement establishes that every resident was involved or proves the full technical failure chain.
City Power repeatedly dates acknowledgement of the earlier outage to 7 October 2026. That acknowledgement is distinct from the precise time electricity failed at each connection, and the renewed trip has no confirmed onset time. No customer total or complete street list is supplied. The latest notice names Rabie Ridge Extension 5; it does not establish a wider outage across Rabie Ridge, Midrand or every area supplied from Allandale Substation.
Backup planning after the interruption
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