Lombardy East and Rembrandt Park outage: cable trenching underway
City Power says a contractor is trenching to expose a faulty cable for an Alexandra Substation interruption affecting customers in Lombardy East and Rembrandt Park, Johannesburg. Its update on 24 October 2026 refers to an interruption reported on 21 October. No estimated restoration time is available.
Status of this incident
Power outage confirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · City Power reports cable trenching for the Lombardy East and Rembrandt Park interruption; no estimated restoration time is available.
Source moment: Oct 24, 2026, 07:02 AM UTC (09:02 AM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power names Lombardy East and Rembrandt Park as affected areas.
A contractor is trenching to expose the faulty cable; completed repair is not confirmed.
The exact start, affected-customer count and restoration time remain unknown.
What City Power has reported
The utility published its update at 08:59 SAST on 24 October, equivalent to 06:59 UTC. It describes an interruption associated with Alexandra Substation and says a contractor is currently trenching to expose a faulty cable. This establishes the reported work stage, without confirming that the cable has already been repaired or supply restored.
In a further reply to a Rembrandt Park enquiry at 09:02 SAST, or 07:02 UTC, City Power again said trenching was underway at Alexandra Substation. Both statements come from the same operator. The reply reinforces the location of the work but adds no restoration estimate or affected-customer total.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named affected areas
- Lombardy East and Rembrandt Park, Johannesburg; complete boundary unknown
- Affected-customer total
- Not published
- Restoration estimate
- Not available; contractor trenching to expose faulty cable
Duration and extent remain unclear
The reference to 21 October is the operator’s reported date for the interruption. It does not establish the exact moment electricity was first lost or prove an uninterrupted outage at every affected address. The current evidence also does not establish that every property in either named suburb is without power.
A faulty cable is identified, but the cause of the cable damage remains unknown. Connections to other Gresswold circuits or separate resident reports have not been established. Those reports should therefore not be combined into a larger outage boundary, customer count or single duration for this interruption.
Planning while the timetable is unknown
For essential-device planning, the runtime calculator can help compare energy needs. The internet backup guide and grid-down essentials guide provide preparation context. These resources cannot establish whether an individual address has supply or predict the completion of network work.
The latest supported position is ongoing trenching to expose the faulty cable, with no published restoration estimate. A subsequent operator repair or restoration statement would be needed to establish a later work stage. Trenching alone should not be read as a completed repair or an all-clear for customers.