Some parts of Johannesburg are without power.
City Power has attributed the power outages in central Johannesburg to a trip in the Fordsburg substation.
In a tweet, City Power says the power cut includes areas around Johannesburg Central, Braamfontein, Newtown, Mayfair, Kibler Park, Alvida, Devland, Olifantsvlei, Eldoradopark, Brixton, Westdene, among others.
It says technicians have been dispatched to work on power restorations.
#Update #FordburgOutage
The following areas are affected by the above mentioned substations:
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg,
Newtown,
JHB Central,
Mayfair,
Kibler Park,
Neturena,
Alvida,
Devland,
Olifantsvlei,
Eldoradopark,
Lenasia,
Riverlea,
Bosmont,
Richmond,
Brixton & Westdene^GR— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020
#Update #FordburgOutage
Technicians are dispatched to work on power restorations in the above mentioned areas and surroundings, ETR not available at this moment^GR— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020
#Update #RoodepoortOutage Repair work in Wigeheuwel, Honeydew and surroundings has been handed over to the next shift due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologies for the inconvenience caused^GR
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020
#Outage Update #FordburgOutage
Technicians are on site working tirelessly to ensure full power supply. We don’t have Etr at the moment and we apologise for any inconvenience caused by this outage.^LP— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) January 4, 2020