Kya Sand and Northriding AH outage: about 80% of customers restored
City Power reports power restored to approximately 80% of customers in parts of Kya Sand and Northriding AH. Its 19 October 2026 update says repairs continue and no estimated time for full restoration is known. An earlier statement attributed the interruption on the supply from Precission Switching Station to a stolen cable; the exact outage start and customer total remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Partial / reduced supply
Last known status: partly restored · 19 October, 15:31 SAST: City Power reports approximately 80% of customers restored in parts of Kya Sand and Northriding AH; repairs continue, with no full-restoration estimate.
Source moment: Oct 19, 2026, 01:31 PM UTC (03:31 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power names parts of Kya Sand and Northriding AH supplied from Precission Switching Station.
The operator attributes the interruption to a stolen cable and says repairs are underway.
City Power reports approximately 80% of customers restored; repairs continue and no full-restoration estimate is known.
Stolen cable reported on the named supply
The operator’s statement was published at 13:11 SAST on 19 October, corresponding to 11:11 UTC. It says the outage was acknowledged that day. Those are the notice and acknowledgement dates; neither establishes the precise moment electricity failed at individual properties. The supported footprint is parts of the two named areas, without a verified address-by-address boundary.
Cable theft is City Power’s explanation of the interruption. The available evidence is the operator’s own account, with no independent local confirmation of individual supply conditions. There is no verified customer total to convert into a number of people. The notice does not establish a power cut across all of Kya Sand, all of Northriding or Johannesburg as a whole.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported supply area
- Parts of Kya Sand and Northriding AH, supplied from Precission Switching Station
- Affected customers
- Unknown
- Operator response
- Approximately 80% of customers restored; repairs continue, according to City Power
- Restoration estimate
- No full-restoration estimate known
Partial restoration reported; repairs continue
At 15:31 SAST on 19 October, equivalent to 13:31 UTC, City Power reported power restored to approximately 80% of customers in the affected parts of Kya Sand and Northriding AH. Repairs continue, with no estimated time for full restoration known. The percentage is the operator’s customer-restoration figure for this interruption, rather than a count of people or proof that every address in either area has supply. The earlier report of repairs underway is therefore followed by a supported partial-restoration update, while completion remains unconfirmed.
Older reports referring to Precision RMU995 and Precision111 remain separate. The exact feeder relationship to this notice has not been established, so their work histories and any earlier estimates cannot be transferred to the present interruption. The remaining uncertainties are the exact onset, the number of affected connections and the complete address list.
Planning backup for essential devices
The outage essentials guide provides a preparation checklist. Use the runtime calculator to estimate how long a battery could support selected devices, and the internet backup guide to plan connectivity. These planning tools do not establish a restoration time for the network.