Roodepoort Industrial Area outage: four load centres await repairs
City Power says four load centres will remain without electricity until repairs to the burnt mini-substation are completed in the Roodepoort Industrial Area interruption. Its latest update on 26 October 2026 follows an earlier notice identifying Iodene Mini-Substation in Johannesburg. The operator gives no restoration deadline or affected-customer count.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · City Power says four load centres remain without electricity pending burnt mini-substation repairs. No restoration estimate given.
Source moment: Oct 26, 2026, 01:33 PM UTC (03:33 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
Four load centres remain without electricity pending repairs to the burnt mini-substation, according to City Power.
Four refers to load centres; the number of affected customers or residents is unknown.
The operator says the outage was reported on 26 October and customers will be updated as work progresses.
Four load centres still without electricity
The latest City Power notice was published at 15:33:11 SAST on 26 October, equivalent to 13:33:11 UTC. It says four load centres will remain without electricity until repairs to the burnt mini-substation are completed. That is a repair-dependent restoration outlook, without a date or time for completion. It does not confirm completed repairs or restored power.
Four is a count of load centres. It cannot be converted into customers, homes or residents. The checked evidence gives no customer total or affected-address list. It does not establish an outage across all of Roodepoort, nor confirm injuries, business closures or production losses.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named area
- Roodepoort Industrial Area, Johannesburg
- Operator response
- Four load centres remain off pending burnt mini-substation repairs
- Restoration estimate
- Not provided in the 26 October notice
Repair outlook and remaining uncertainty
The checked record names Roodepoort Industrial Area and Iodene Mini-Substation in Johannesburg. The latest operator claim describes a burnt mini-substation but does not establish a technical cause in that claim. No independent finding about criminal responsibility is available, and this report does not assign a cause to the damage.
The latest update identifies four load centres awaiting repairs to the burnt mini-substation. It says the outage was reported on 26 October and promises further customer updates as work progresses. The precise onset remains unknown, so the statement’s publication time does not establish how long the interruption has lasted. The conditional repair outlook is not a confirmed restoration time.
Planning while the repair outlook remains unknown
The runtime calculator helps estimate battery endurance for essential devices. The internet backup planner and grid-down essentials guide provide preparation context. These resources cannot verify supply at a particular address. A further verified operator update is needed to establish repair completion or restoration.