Village Deep power outage: City Power reports cable fault
City Power reports a cable fault on the Village Deep South Distributor at Selby Substation following an outage affecting parts of Village Deep in Johannesburg. Its latest update on 2 November 2026 says one load centre is off, affecting supply to Spur. The fault still needs to be located and repairs completed. No restoration estimate or affected-customer count has been established.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: confirmed by the source · City Power reports a cable fault on the Village Deep South Distributor, with one load centre off; fault location and repairs remain outstanding and no restoration estimate is available.
Source moment: Nov 2, 2026, 01:11 PM UTC (03:11 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
The named footprint is parts of Village Deep supplied through the Village Deep South Distributor at Selby Substation.
City Power reports a cable fault between HVC12 and HVC1224, with one load centre off and supply to Spur affected.
The fault still needs to be located and repairs completed; exact onset, customer count and restoration time remain unknown.
From dispatch notice to cable-fault report
City Power first acknowledged the interruption at 14:39:40 South African Standard Time on 2 November, equivalent to 12:39:40 UTC. That notice said operators had been notified and would be dispatched to investigate. This is the publication time of the acknowledgement, rather than a verified start time for the loss of electricity.
In a later update published at 15:11:12 SAST, or 13:11:12 UTC, the utility reported a cable fault between HVC12 and HVC1224 on the same distributor at Selby Substation. It said one load centre was off, affecting supply to Spur. The precise location or meaning of Spur has not been independently verified, so that name should not be treated as a complete address boundary.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named supply area
- Parts of Village Deep; Village Deep South Distributor at Selby Substation
- Reported response
- Cable fault between HVC12 and HVC1224; one load centre off; supply to Spur affected; repairs outstanding
- Latest operator update
- 2 November 2026, 15:11:12 SAST / 13:11:12 UTC; onset unknown
Fault location and repairs still outstanding
The latest operator account says the fault still needs to be located and repairs completed. A reported cable fault identifies the type of problem being investigated; it does not establish that the exact fault position has been found or that repair work is finished. City Power has not supplied a verified restoration time in the available updates.
One load centre is a network description, not a count of affected households or customers. The available evidence gives no customer total, complete street list or exact onset. The initial acknowledgement referred to parts of Village Deep; the later fault report does not establish an outage across every Selby supply area or throughout Johannesburg. There is no confirmed restoration in these updates.
Planning for essential devices
Readers assessing household backup needs can use the grid-down essentials guide, internet backup guide and runtime calculator. These resources help compare essential devices and battery capacity while a recovery estimate is unavailable. They do not verify supply at a particular address, diagnose the network fault or predict when electricity will return.