Waterfall power outage: City Power reports supply restored
City Power reports that electricity supply has been restored to customers in Allandale, Halfway House, Vorna Valley and surrounding areas supplied by Waterfall Substation. Its late 2 November 2026 update attributes the outage reported earlier that day to an upstream trip. This supersedes the earlier report of 40% restoration and continuing night-shift investigation. Exact switching time, duration and affected-customer count remain unknown.
Status of this incident
Current status unconfirmed
Last known status: restored, according to the source · City Power reports restored supply in the named Waterfall supply areas after an upstream trip; exact switching time and customer count remain unknown.
Source moment: Nov 2, 2026, 09:26 PM UTC (11:26 PM local time)
In 20 seconds
The operator names Waterfall Substation, Vorna Valley, Halfway House and Allandale.
The latest City Power notice reports restored supply and attributes the interruption to an upstream trip.
The underlying trigger, precise onset, switching time and affected-customer count remain unknown.
Late notice reports restored supply
The restoration notice was published at 23:26:27 South African Standard Time on 2 November, equivalent to 21:26:27 UTC. City Power names Allandale, Halfway House, Vorna Valley and surroundings at Waterfall Substation. The utility says supply has been restored following the interruption reported earlier on 2 November. The notice timestamp records the announcement; it does not establish the exact moment individual connections were switched back on.
City Power attributes the interruption to an upstream trip. That identifies the operator’s reported network event, but the underlying trigger and equipment involved are not established in the available evidence. The restoration statement is scoped to the areas in the Waterfall notice. It should not be extended to an all-clear for every separate interruption across Midrand, or taken as independent confirmation of electricity at every address.
What the sources tell us, and what they do not
- Named area
- Waterfall Substation supply: Vorna Valley, Halfway House, Allandale and surroundings; exact addresses unknown
- Operator report
- City Power reports restored supply; outage attributed to an upstream trip, underlying trigger unknown
- Latest source update
- 2 November 2026, 23:26:27 SAST / 21:26:27 UTC; exact onset and switching time unknown
Earlier partial-restoration report superseded
At 22:01:02 SAST on 2 November, equivalent to 20:01:02 UTC, City Power had reported power still 40% restored and said night-shift operators had returned to investigate, with repairs to follow. That figure describes the earlier update, rather than the current status. No customer total or percentage denominator was provided, so the earlier figure cannot be converted into a count of affected homes or people.
The later restoration notice updates this Waterfall report without establishing the exact onset or total duration of the interruption. Earlier October Harry Galaun events and separate Allandale-substation interruptions have not been merged into this incident. Those older notices do not establish a continuous outage at the places named here. Address boundaries and the detailed repair sequence remain unspecified.
Planning for essential devices
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