Doornfontein power restored after Siemert cable fault, City Power says
City Power says electricity supply has been fully restored to customers in Doornfontein and New Doornfontein following the outage reported from Siemert Substation on the morning of 16 October. Its later update attributes the interruption to a faulty cable. The restoration statement was published at 16:47 SAST; that is the reporting time, not a confirmed switching time.
Status of this incident
Restoration confirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · 16 October, 16:47 SAST: City Power reports full restoration in Doornfontein and New Doornfontein for this Siemert incident.
Source moment: Oct 16, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC (04:47 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
The morning notice described a suspected outage in Doornfontein and New Doornfontein, with operators investigating.
City Power’s later update reports full restoration for the two named areas and identifies a faulty cable.
The exact start, restoration switching time and affected-customer total are unknown.
Morning investigation followed by restoration report
At 09:24 SAST on 16 October, corresponding to 07:24 UTC, City Power published a notice about a suspected interruption affecting Doornfontein and New Doornfontein from Siemert Substation. Operators were investigating. That notice establishes when the problem was reported by the operator; it does not provide a verified time at which electricity first went off.
The subsequent statement was published at 16:47 SAST, or 14:47 UTC. City Power explicitly linked its restoration update to the outage reported that morning and attributed the interruption to a faulty cable. It said supply to customers in Doornfontein and New Doornfontein was fully restored. Both notices come from the same operator, rather than independent sources.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported areas
- Doornfontein and New Doornfontein; Siemert Substation, Johannesburg
- Reported cause
- Faulty cable, according to City Power’s restoration update
- Affected customers
- Count unknown
- Latest operator report
- Full restoration reported at 16:47 SAST on 16 October; actual switching time unknown
What the restoration statement covers
The restoration report applies to this Siemert incident and the two areas named by City Power. It does not establish citywide restoration across Johannesburg or resolve separate Central CBD and older Siemert records. No affected-customer total or complete address boundary is available in the checked evidence, and individual customer exceptions have not been independently audited.
The actual restoration switching time remains unknown. The later post confirms the operator’s reported outcome by its publication time, without establishing the precise moment electricity returned. An outage duration is therefore not calculated from the two posting times. The latest supported status is City Power’s full-restoration statement for this named incident.
Preparing for another interruption
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