Fairlands, Roosevelt and Northcliff power outage: cable testing underway
City Power says cable testing is underway at Roosevelt Substation for an outage affecting customers in Fairlands, Roosevelt and Northcliff, Johannesburg. Its 24 October 2026 notice says the interruption was reported on 23 October. The operator provides no affected-customer total or deadline for full restoration.
Status of this incident
Power outage confirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · City Power reports cable testing underway for affected Fairlands, Roosevelt and Northcliff customers; no restoration deadline is provided.
Source moment: Oct 24, 2026, 02:08 PM UTC (04:08 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power identifies affected customers in Fairlands, Roosevelt and Northcliff.
Cable testing is underway at Roosevelt Substation, according to the 24 October notice.
The exact outage start, affected-customer count, cause and restoration estimate remain unknown.
Cable testing at Roosevelt Substation
The operator’s statement was published at 16:08:43 SAST on Saturday, 24 October, equivalent to 14:08:43 UTC. It reports cable testing in progress at Roosevelt Substation and names Fairlands, Roosevelt and Northcliff as areas with affected customers. This is an update about investigation work, rather than confirmation that the interruption has ended.
The notice does not identify a failed component or establish the underlying cause. Cable testing alone cannot settle those questions. It also gives no timetable for completing the work or restoring the remaining affected connections. An estimated restoration time should therefore remain unknown rather than being inferred from the testing stage.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named affected areas
- Fairlands, Roosevelt and Northcliff, Johannesburg; complete boundary unknown
- Affected-customer total
- Not provided
- Restoration estimate
- Not provided; cable testing underway at Roosevelt Substation
What the reported date establishes
City Power dates the outage report to Friday, 23 October. That is a reported date, rather than a precise onset time. It does not show when electricity was lost at each address or prove that every affected customer has been continuously disconnected since that date.
The three area names provide a location guide, without a complete affected-address list or a customer total. The available evidence does not establish that all premises in any of those areas are without power. Individual resident fault tickets have not been conclusively linked to this circuit, so their reported durations cannot be combined into one confirmed outage duration.
Planning while the restoration time is unknown
For essential devices, the runtime calculator can help compare electricity needs. The internet backup guide and grid-down essentials guide provide further preparation context. These resources cannot verify supply at a particular address, diagnose the network fault or predict when City Power will complete its work.
The current supported position is an outage affecting customers in the named areas, with cable testing underway. The latest notice provides no current restoration percentage. A subsequent operator update or address-specific confirmation would be needed to establish what has changed for an individual connection.