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South Africa / ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

Tshepisong Line A outage: City Power reports restoration

City Power reports full restoration to customers supplied by Line A at Tshepisong Switching Station after a power interruption reported on the morning of 15 October 2026. The operator’s statement does not give the exact restoration completion time, the cause or an affected customer count.

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Status of this incident

Restoration confirmed

Last known status: restored, according to the source · 15 October, 21:55 SAST: City Power reports full restoration for the Tshepisong Line A interruption reported that morning; exact restoration time unknown.

Source moment: Oct 15, 2026, 07:55 PM UTC (09:55 PM local time)

In 20 seconds

  1. City Power reports full restoration for the specified Tshepisong Line A interruption.

  2. The statement concerns the interruption reported on the morning of 15 October.

  3. Exact onset, restoration time, cause and affected customer count remain unknown.

Restoration reported for the morning Line A interruption

The operator published its restoration statement at 21:55 SAST on 15 October. It identifies customers supplied by Line A and explicitly relates the update to the interruption reported that morning. The restored status in this report follows that operator statement and applies to this specified event and supply line.

The statement does not establish electricity supply at every Tshepisong address or confirm the status of other lines. No address list or affected customer total is provided. The supply-line description defines the reported scope; it does not support an estimate of the number of households, businesses or people affected by the interruption.

What the sources tell us, and what they do not

Restoration scope
Customers supplied by Tshepisong Line A
Operator report
Full restoration for the specified morning interruption
Affected customers
Unknown
Exact restoration time
Unknown; restoration reported by City Power

Precise duration and technical cause unavailable

A morning report and an evening publication time do not establish the exact outage duration. The initial loss of supply could have preceded the report, while restoration could have preceded publication. Neither endpoint is specified in the available evidence, so calculating a duration from those reporting times would give an unsupported result.

The technical cause and repair sequence remain unknown. The relationship with the earlier 7 October Line A event and the 14 October reports involving Lines A and B is unresolved. Those older records cannot be added to this timeline as proof of a continuous outage, a shared fault or a wider restoration claim.

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The runtime calculator helps compare essential electrical loads with battery capacity. The internet backup planner supports connectivity planning for future interruptions. These tools cannot verify a particular connection’s current supply or establish the moment electricity returned to an individual property.

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