POWER OUTAGE UPDATE – ROSEDALE

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate advises residents of an unplanned power outage following the tripping of the Rosedale T1 and Thambo 2 11kV circuit breakers.

AFFECTED AREAS:
* Section of Rosedale
* Surrounding areas

Municipal technical teams are attending to the fault and working to restore electricity supply. Further updates will be communicated as more information becomes available.

The Municipality apologises for the inconvenience caused and thanks affected residents for their patience and understanding.

POWER OUTAGE UPDATE – LORRAINE / EPINAL ROAD

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate advises residents of an unplanned power outage following the tripping of the Lorraine / Epinal Road 11kV circuit breaker.

 AFFECTED AREAS:
* Section of Lorraine
* Weybridge Park
* Surrounding areas

Municipal technical teams are attending to the fault and working to restore electricity supply. Further updates will be communicated as more information becomes available.

The Municipality apologises for the inconvenience caused and thanks affected residents for their patience and understanding.

POWER OUTAGE UPDATE – LORRAINE

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate wishes to inform residents of an unplanned power outage affecting a section of Lorraine.
 AFFECTED AREA:
* Section of Lorraine
* ?Weybridge Park
* ?Surrounding areas

The Municipality apologises for the inconvenience and thanks affected residents for their patience and understanding.

Further updates will be communicated as more information becomes available.

POWER OUTAGE UPDATE – SALT LAKE

Monday, 21 September 2026

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate wishes to provide an update regarding the power outage affecting Salt Lake and surrounding areas.

One joint between Jamie and Bethelsdorp needs to be repaired. Additional resources have been made available to assist with the repair. There is currently no timeframe for the restoration of electricity supply.

REMAINING AFFECTED AREA:
* Salt Lake
* Surrounding areas

Further updates will be communicated as more information becomes available.

The Municipality apologises for the continued inconvenience and thanks affected residents for their patience and understanding.

PLANNED ELECTRICITY SHUTDOWN – SWARTKOPS / MATOMELA SUBSTATIONS 

Thursday, 17 September 2026

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate wishes to inform residents and affected stakeholders that the planned electricity shutdown originally scheduled for Sunday, 20 September 2026, has been rescheduled to Sunday, 27 September 2026, from 07:00 to 19:00.

An alternative date has also been scheduled for Sunday, 4 October 2026, should the planned work not be able to proceed on 27 September 2026.

LOCATION:
Swartkops / Matomela Substations

 NEW DATE:
Sunday, 27 September 2026

 ALTERNATIVE DATE:
Sunday, 4 October 2026

TIME:
07:00 – 19:00

REASON FOR SHUTDOWN:
* Replacement of earthing system on the 132kV/66kV transformer at Swartkops Substation.
* Maintenance on the 66kV/22kV isolators on Transformer 11 and Transformer 13 at Swartkops Substation.
* Reinstatement of the 20MVA transformer at Matomela Substation.

AREAS AFFECTED:

KwaFord / New Brighton:
* KwaFord
* New Brighton
* Seyisi
* KwaZakhele
* Section of Zwide

Deal Party:
* Deal Party Industrial
* Swartkops residential
* Grahamstown Road
* Transnet Swartkops

Struandale:
* Struandale Industrial
* Section of Missionvale
* Section of Zinyoka
* Vista University
* Dora Nginza Hospital
* EC Training
* Kenako Mall

Other affected areas:
* SATS
* Matomela
* Struanway
* Engelhard
* General Tyre
* Drake Street
* Watco Plastics
* Trek
* Trek Tools
* Tiger Engineering
* P & G Timber
* Eagle Creek
* Isuzu
* DSV

The planned shutdown is necessary to facilitate essential maintenance and infrastructure work and to ensure the continued safety, reliability and integrity of the electricity network. Every effort will be made to complete the work within the scheduled timeframe.

 IMPORTANT NOTICE:
All electrical installations must be treated as LIVE for the duration of the shutdown.

For further information or enquiries, please contact:

Angus Eaton
041 392 4208

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the essential maintenance and thanks residents and affected stakeholders for their patience, understanding and cooperation.