City Power's outage activity nearly doubled in Johannesburg in August
Average daily operational log entries (failures and restorations), City Power Johannesburg; 1–19 July vs 1–19 August
+90%
more logged entries in Aug 1–19 vs Jul 1–19
44
entries per day at peak, 11–14 August
44/day
peak: 11–14 Aug, 176 entries in 4 days
City Power's operational logs recorded 324 entries across the first 19 days of July, averaging 17.1 a day — but that figure surged to 616 entries and 32.4 a day over the same window in August. The crisis peaked between 11 and 14 August, when 176 entries were logged in just four days — a daily rate of 44 — signalling an acute deterioration that fell disproportionately on Johannesburg's black and working-class areas.
Daily Maverick · Source: City Power operational logs, supplied data
