Johannesburg residents are gearing up for an 8-hour power outage this Sunday, 5 October 2025, as City Power carries out essential maintenance on two key substations. The outage, which will affect various parts of the inner city, will take place from 8 am to 4 pm. The utility stresses that this planned interruption is vital to prevent even worse unplanned power cuts in the future.
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Gauteng residents face another week of planned power outages as Eskom pushes ahead with load reduction in high-density suburbs. The utility says the measure is necessary to protect substations and transformers strained by theft and illegal connections.
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