Main Street power restored; part of Fox Street West still off, says City Power
City Power reports that electricity has been restored to customers on Main Street in Johannesburg, while a small section of Fox Street West remains without power. The operator says its technical team is on site attending to that section. Its update on 25 October 2026 explicitly corrects an earlier afternoon statement; the exact outage start, cause and affected-customer count remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Partial / reduced supply
Last known status: partly restored · City Power reports Main Street restored; a small section of Fox Street West remains off with technicians on site.
Source moment: Oct 25, 2026, 05:22 PM UTC (07:22 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
City Power reports restoration to customers on Main Street.
A small section of Fox Street West remains off, with technicians on site.
The update corrects an earlier statement; no verified outage duration or restoration deadline is available.
A street-specific restoration update
The checked announcement distinguishes the reported restoration on Main Street from continuing work on a small section of Fox Street West. It does not give the boundaries of that section or a number of connections still affected. Readers should therefore treat the street names as the stated geographic scope, rather than as a numerical measure of the interruption.
The report does not establish a full restoration across Marshalltown, the Johannesburg central business district or every area associated with Central Substation. A separate interruption at another address cannot be resolved from this statement alone. The presence of a technical team also does not establish when the remaining work will finish.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named streets
- Main Street and a small section of Fox Street West, Johannesburg
- Operator-reported status
- Main Street restored; small section of Fox Street West off, technicians on site
- Restoration deadline
- Unknown for the remaining section
What the correction establishes
City Power published the correction at 19:22:27 SAST on 25 October, equivalent to 17:22:27 UTC. That is the statement publication time, not a measured instant when electricity returned on Main Street. Without verified switching and onset times, no continuous outage duration can be calculated.
The earlier afternoon statement being corrected has not been identified in the checked record. The correction should not be extended to unrelated older Central Substation announcements. A connection with the September central-area fire or other Booysens and Selby faults remains unresolved; those reports cannot supply a cause or start time for this update.
Planning for another interruption
The runtime calculator can help estimate battery endurance for essential devices. The internet backup planner and grid-down essentials guide offer preparation context. These resources do not verify electricity at a particular property or predict the operator’s repair schedule.