City Power reports partial restoration near Honeydew
City Power reported partial restoration at Christiaan De Wet Substation on 8 November after a faulty overhead line affected customers in Honeydew Manor and Eagle Canyon Golf Estate. The Johannesburg utility said 54% of supply had been restored and ten load centres would remain off due to an existing fault.
Status of this incident
Partial / reduced supply
Last known status: partly restored · City Power reported partial restoration and said ten load centres would remain off.
Source moment: Nov 8, 2026, 07:37 PM UTC (09:37 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power attributed the outage in the two areas to a faulty overhead line.
The operator reported 54% of supply restored at the substation.
City Power said ten load centres would remain off due to an existing fault.
From a suspected outage to partial restoration
City Power initially reported a suspected outage in Honeydew Manor and Eagle Canyon Golf Estate. At that point it said it would send operators to investigate. The later notice identified a faulty overhead line and gave the utility’s first restoration figure in the two notices.
The partial restoration figure describes the share of supply at Christiaan De Wet Substation. City Power’s notice gives no customer count for the outage and no separate restoration percentages for Honeydew Manor or Eagle Canyon Golf Estate. It does not show which streets or properties regained supply.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Areas City Power named
- Honeydew Manor and Eagle Canyon Golf Estate
- Cause reported by City Power
- Faulty overhead line
- Latest update from City Power
- 54% of supply restored at Christiaan De Wet Substation. Ten load centres were due to remain off.
Ten load centres were due to remain off
City Power said an existing fault meant ten load centres would stay off. The notice did not identify the remaining fault more precisely or say when the centres would return to service. The count refers to load centres. The number of customers they serve remains unknown.
Residents checking whether supply has returned to a particular address will need a more specific update from City Power. The notice gives no restoration estimate for addresses still affected.
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