'Major' power outage hits northern Joburg - on top of load-shedding

18 March 2019 - 13:23 By Nico Gous

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Large parts of Johannesburg were in the dark on Monday due to stage 4 load-shedding as well as an unplanned outage.
Image: Daniel Born

A "major" power outage - on top of stage 4 load-shedding - left a large swathe of northern Johannesburg without electricity on Monday.

"A high-voltage Eskom power line feeding most City Power substations in the north of Johannesburg has tripped, causing a major outage in the northern areas, including parts of Midrand," tweeted City Power, adding that technicians were attending to the outage.

Media alert

A high voltage Eskom power line feeding most of City Power substations in the north of Johannesburg has tripped causing major power outage in the northern areas including parts of Midrand

Areas affected are attached below^GR pic.twitter.com/XgGGwJ4glX
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 18, 2019

Some of the affected suburbs include:

Strydom Park;
Bromhof;
Ferndale;
Kensington B;
Bryanston;
Bordeaux;
Beverley Gardens;
Windsor;
Cresta;
Linden;
Kelland;
Blairgowrie;
Randparkridge;
Malanshof;
Robindale;
Fountainbleau; and
Noordwyk.

Load Shedding Update

Stage 4 load shedding is currently in progress, Areas affected by load shedding from 12h00 to 16h30 are attached below^GR pic.twitter.com/E9Y1OnEqb7
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) March 18, 2019

With no end in sight for load-shedding in South Africa, Johannesburg small businesses are bearing the brunt of Stage 4 load-shedding. Many businesses are left with only a few hours a day to do business.