Tshepisong Line B power outage: City Power reports full restoration
City Power reports that electricity supply has been fully restored to customers fed from Line B at Tshepisong Switching Station. The operator’s 21:54 SAST announcement on 8 October says the outage was reported earlier that day. The all-clear concerns Line B; it does not establish the status of Line A or every supply connection in Tshepisong.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · 8 October, 21:54 SAST: City Power reports full supply restoration to Line B customers.
Source moment: Oct 8, 2026, 07:54 PM UTC (09:54 PM local time)
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City Power reports full restoration to customers fed from Line B.
The earlier Eskom-side finding is the operator’s account; an exact technical cause is unverified.
Customer count, exact onset and switching minute are unknown; no wider Tshepisong all-clear is established.
Restoration announced for Line B customers
The latest notice gives a completed restoration outcome for customers receiving supply from Line B. It does not state how many customers were affected, the exact moment supply was lost or the precise switching time when electricity returned. The publication time of the notice is the time of the announcement, rather than a verified restoration minute for each address. No household list or independent address-level measurement is available in the checked evidence.
Earlier on 8 October, City Power identified the affected supply as Incomer No 3, Line B, and said the loss had been traced to Eskom’s side. The operator said control had notified Eskom and the protection team to attend. Restoration was then conditional on investigation and finding no major faults. That earlier conditional account was not a promise of immediate reconnection; the later notice is the statement confirming restoration for Line B.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named supply
- Tshepisong Switching Station; Incomer No 3, Line B
- Latest operator position
- Full restoration to Line B customers, according to City Power
- Affected customers
- Count unknown
- Restoration announcement
- 8 October, 21:54 SAST; exact switching minute unknown
- Earlier operator finding
- Loss traced to Eskom’s side, according to City Power; exact technical cause unverified
How the operator’s updates developed
At 13:27 SAST, City Power said operators would investigate the supply loss reported that morning. At 16:24 SAST, it reported the Eskom-side finding and notifications to the teams, with restoration dependent on the investigation. At 21:54 SAST, it announced full restoration to Line B customers. These updates describe the same day’s progression without establishing a precise outage duration. The technical cause beyond the earlier operator attribution remains unverified.
The scope of the restoration statement matters: it names customers fed from Line B. It should not be used to declare Line A restored or to describe a wider all-clear across Tshepisong. A particular address’s electricity supply has not been independently checked here. Customer totals and the actual restoration minute remain unknown, even though the operator reports the Line B supply restored.
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