Market Boundary power restored, City Power reports
City Power reports that full electricity supply has been restored to customers at Market Boundary in Johannesburg. Its Moffat Substation update on 31 October 2026 attributes the outage to a stolen cable and says it was reported on Thursday, 29 October. The exact reconnection time and affected-customer total remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports full supply restored at Market Boundary; exact reconnection time remains unknown.
Source moment: Oct 31, 2026, 03:02 PM UTC (05:02 PM local time)
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City Power reports full electricity supply restored to Market Boundary customers.
The operator attributes the outage to a stolen cable and says it was reported on 29 October.
The statement covers Market Boundary; exact switching time and customer numbers remain unknown.
Operator reports full supply restored
The restoration statement was published at 17:02:36 SAST on 31 October, equivalent to 15:02:36 UTC. This is the time of the announcement, rather than a verified minute when individual connections regained electricity. City Power describes full supply restored to Market Boundary customers in its Moffat Substation update. The supported restoration scope is the named area.
The latest statement provides a restoration report for the outage attributed by City Power to a stolen cable. The utility says the interruption was reported on Thursday, 29 October. That reporting date does not establish the precise start of electricity loss at each property, and the announcement does not give a connection-by-connection account of the interruption.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Reported impact
- Market Boundary, Johannesburg; affected-customer total unknown
- Operator update
- City Power reports full electricity supply restored to Market Boundary customers
- Timing
- Reported 29 October; restoration announcement 31 October 2026; exact switching time unknown
What remains unknown after the update
No affected-customer total or exact switching time is supplied in the recorded facts. Full restoration is the operator’s report; there is no independent address-level verification in the evidence used here. The announcement therefore supports an attributed account of restored supply, without establishing the experience of every individual property or the duration of its interruption.
Market Boundary is the stated scope of the restoration report. It does not establish that other areas associated with Moffat Substation, or Johannesburg as a whole, have the same supply status. Cable theft remains attributed to City Power, without independent forensic confirmation. The report also leaves the exact outage onset unknown, so the two calendar dates cannot be used to calculate a precise continuous outage duration.
Planning essential backup power
The grid-down essentials guide covers household preparation. The runtime calculator helps compare essential device demand with battery capacity, and the internet backup guide covers connectivity planning. These resources support preparation for interruptions; they do not verify electricity supply at an address. Backup power for a router also cannot guarantee that the upstream communications network remains available.