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Power outage to affect these 18 Johannesburg suburbs

Eskom said the shutdown is needed for safe repairs and to improve reliability, while warning customers to treat appliances as live during the outage.

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Johannesburg’s power supply, City Power Johannesburg, has announced planned power outages that will affect 18 suburbs on Thursday, 14 May 2026 and two suburbs on Tuesday, 12 May 2026. The power outage will last for eight hours across all suburbs in two different substations.  According to a statement by City Power Johannesburg, the power outage was implemented to do essential work on their electricity network to ensure better service provision. …

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The South African broke the news in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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