The city’s technicians are attending to power supply interruption caused by an attempted cable theft in Jet Park, Boksburg North and surrounding areas yesterday, 5 October 2025. The affected cables are laid on the SANRAL’s servitude line. The process to get a wayleave from SANRAL

The City’s technicians are working around the clock, attending to faulty cables at the 2nd Input substation and other nearby substations supplying various parts of Germiston. In the meantime, the city will be implementing equitable eighteen-hour (18) load rotation to the affected areas from 16h30 this afternoon as per the following schedule: PHASE 1 (16h30 […]

Substantial progress has been made to restore power to Palm Ridge and surrounding areas, following the fire that damaged the power supply facility on Thursday, 03 July 2025. The two (2) transformers that were not damaged during the fire, have now been energised, and restoration will commence this afternoon. The restoration will be done gradually […]

The City of Ekurhuleni reassures residents it has maintained its clean quality supply as certified by the National Department of Water’s Blue Drop Report of 2023. Currently, the bulk water supplier, Rand Water, is conducting major repairs to its supply infrastructure, including repairs scheduled to start tomorrow, 15 July 2025 to ensure continued water quality. […]

Testing of High Voltage side of transformers has commenced at the Palm Ridge substation. A full team will be on site tomorrow (08 July 2025) to remove debris and to pressure test all cables. Depending on the tests results of the transformers, the energy department will then be able to provide scope of work and […]

The City of Ekurhuleni informs customers of continuation of the load rotation for parts of Rondebult, Phumula and Mapleton, while work to restore power supply continues. The power supply interruption is due to faulty high voltage cables. Load rotation is scheduled as follows: 10h00 – 18h00 18h00 – 10h00 Phumula and Mapleton Ext 10 Rondebult; […]

The City of Ekurhuleni has resolved to implement load rotation for parts of Rondebult, Phumula and Mapleton, due to faulty high voltage cables. The load rotation schedule will be implemented effectively from this morning at 10h00 on an alternating basis between the affected areas. In the meantime, technicians are working to restore a stable power […]

The City of Ekurhuleni has received a notification from Rand Water about a planned maintenance at their various water supply facilities which will affect areas in Ekurhuleni. The water supply utility has indicated that the objective of the maintenance is to achieve an improved plant availability, reliability and efficiencies. Summary of work is as follows: […]

Please take note of planned water supply interruption to take place as follows: DATE 03 June 2025 SHUTDOWN AND ESTIMATED RESTORATION TIME 06:00 until 16:00 (10 hours) Full restoration of water supply will take approximately 5 days after the completion of the Rand Water maintenance work. High-lying areas and those receiving supply from pumping systems […]