City Power has announced a series of planned power outages across several Johannesburg regions in February. The outages will affect thousands of residents as the utility continues its network maintenance programme. Residents in Region F will face a power interruption on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, when maintenance work takes place at Robertsham Substation between 8am and 4pm.
The outage will impact several suburbs in southern Johannesburg, including: City Power emphasised that the work forms part of ongoing efforts to improve service delivery. “The interruption is necessary to do essential maintenance work on our network, which is part of our program of constantly striving to provide a better service,” the utility stated. The power supplier repeated its safety advisory, noting that “as the supply may be restored at any time, customers are urged to always treat their electricity supply points as live.” The International Business Gateway (IBG) switching station in Midrand will undergo maintenance on Thursday, 5 February 2026.
The power interruption will run from 9am to 5pm, and it will affect the entire IBG area. City Power justified the disruption by explaining that “the interruption is necessary to do essential maintenance work on our network, which is part of our programme of constantly striving to provide a better service”. The utility reiterated its standard safety protocol, warning that customers should “always treat their electricity supply points as live” since power “may be restored at any time”.
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