Matholesville power outage: fault found, repairs to begin
City Power says the fault affecting customers at Matholesville Change House and Matholesville Kiosk has been located, and its team will begin repairs. The 10 October update, published at 11:28 SAST under Roodepoort Substation, advances the work described in the previous day’s fault-search plan. It does not confirm completed repairs or restored supply at either point.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: partly restored · 10 October, 11:28 SAST: City Power says the fault has been located and repairs will begin for Matholesville Change House and Kiosk; no completed restoration confirmed.
Source moment: Oct 10, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC (11:28 AM local time)
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City Power says the fault has been located and repairs will begin for Matholesville Change House and Kiosk.
The latest notice does not confirm completed repairs or full restoration; the previously named 11kV overhead line is not addressed.
The earlier interruption dates to 6 October; exact onset and customer count remain unknown.
Fault located; repairs next
In its latest notice, City Power names Matholesville Change House and Matholesville Kiosk as the affected supplies. The operator says the fault has been located and the team will begin repairs. This describes the next work stage, without establishing that repairs are finished. The update gives no confirmed completion time or customer total. It also does not repeat the Matholesville 11kV overhead line named in earlier notices, so the omission cannot be read as a restoration announcement for that line.
At 07:48 SAST on 9 October, City Power had planned test branch attendance later that day to locate a cable fault affecting all three Matholesville supplies. That notice described a first port cable fault between the station and MSS 03403. It said locating and repairing the fault would be followed by final checks, with restoration if all was clear. The 10 October notice confirms that a fault has now been found, but does not provide a completed-restoration report.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Areas reported restored
- Wilfordon No. 1 distributor and named Wilfordon streets; earlier morning-isolated areas also reported restored
- Latest affected supplies
- Matholesville Change House and Matholesville Kiosk; the previously named 11kV overhead line is not addressed in the latest notice
- Repair status
- Fault located; team to begin repairs, according to City Power on 10 October
- Affected customer count
- Unknown
- Restoration forecast
- No confirmed completion time in the latest notice; earlier plan required repairs and clear final checks
Earlier restoration covered named areas
On 8 October, City Power temporarily isolated Goudrand, parts of Roodepoort CBD and Princess for cable repairs, giving a conditional midday restoration forecast. At 12:20 SAST, it reported those morning-isolated areas, including Davidsonville, restored. At 15:02 SAST, it reported the Wilfordon No. 1 distributor and customers in Nickel Street (Wilfordon No. 2), Nickel Street, Leat Street, Copper Street, Floride Street, Platinum Street and Crescent Street restored. The three Matholesville supplies remained off in that afternoon notice. The earlier midday forecast was not confirmation of full Matholesville restoration.
The operator dates the underlying interruption to Tuesday, 6 October, following emergency isolation needed to safely remove panels from the feeder board. Its exact onset and affected customer count remain unknown. Bulletin times mark publication, rather than the exact moment every connection lost or regained power. The latest fault-location update concerns named Matholesville supplies; it does not establish a new outage in the streets already reported restored or a citywide interruption.
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