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Lindhaven power outage: City Power reports 90% of affected customers restored

City Power says power has been restored to 90% of affected customers in the Manufacta interruption naming Lindhaven, Grobler Park and Roodepoort West. The operator’s update, published at 13:28 SAST on 15 October, says repairs continue for the remaining customers. It describes partial restoration, with the affected customer total and a full-restoration time still unknown.

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Status of this incident

Current status unconfirmed

Last known status: partly restored · 15 October, 13:28 SAST update: City Power reports 90% of affected customers restored; repairs continue.

Source moment: Oct 15, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC (01:28 PM local time)

In 20 seconds

  1. City Power reports restoration to 90% of affected customers; this does not mean every address in the named areas has supply.

  2. The interruption names Lindhaven, Grobler Park and Roodepoort West; repairs continue for remaining customers.

  3. The exact onset, cause, affected customer total and full-restoration estimate are unknown.

What the restoration figure covers

The operator’s statement concerns affected customers in this interruption. Its 90% figure does not measure the share of all residents in the named suburbs, and the underlying number of affected customers has not been supplied. Without that denominator, the percentage cannot be converted into a reliable number of restored connections or people.

City Power says repair work continues for customers who remain affected. That makes the supported status partial restoration. The update does not confirm supply at a particular home or business, or establish that all streets in Lindhaven, Grobler Park or Roodepoort West experienced the same interruption. No complete address list is available in the checked evidence.

What the sources tell us, and what they do not

Named areas
Lindhaven, Grobler Park and Roodepoort West
Operator restoration report
90% of affected customers restored; total affected customer count unknown
Remaining work
Repairs continue; full-restoration estimate unknown

Timing and remaining uncertainties

The outage was reported on the morning of 15 October, but its exact start time remains unknown. The 13:28 SAST timestamp belongs to the operator’s published update, rather than the onset of the fault or a confirmed time when restoration reached 90%. YPS checked the recorded evidence at 17:25 SAST on 15 October.

The read operator caption does not supply a cause or an estimate for full restoration. No proven connection links this interruption to the Willowbrook recurrence or other Roodepoort faults. Those reports cannot be combined to enlarge the affected area, supply a missing cause or infer a shared repair timetable.

Planning while repairs continue

The runtime calculator can compare essential electrical loads with battery capacity, and the internet backup planner covers connectivity needs. Their calculations support household planning; they do not establish an address’s current electricity supply or predict when the operator will complete repairs.

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