City Power says electricity has already been restored to Newtown Jeppe and parts of the city centre since technicians entered the tunnel on Friday.
Joburg City Power says an unexpected power outage has affected some areas including Thembelihle, Rietfontein and Lenasia.
City Power says the latest incidents of cable theft in Johannesburg have led to power cuts in the Booysens Reserve, Aeroton and Nasrec showgrounds.
City Power says a technical team is on route to deal with the matter urgently at its Prospect Substation.
City Power says its experiencing power outage in Alexandra due to attempted cable theft that has caused power failure.
Many residents are without electricity this evening in the northern parts of Johannesburg after the delta substation lost power due to lightning.
In the latest re-appointment, internal auditor Vuyani Singonzo has this week been reappointed to City Power despite advice from senior staff and legal opinion not to do so.
Authorities say the resident’s electricity account was in arrears and was then served with a disconnection notice.
Residents and businesses affected by cable theft in the Johannesburg CBD will have to endure at least another day without electricity.
The power utility says it started restoring electricity supply on Saturday and will continue to work throughout the weekend until power is fully restored.
Large parts of the city centre have been without power since last weekend when copper thieves gained access to an underground tunnel, burning cables and cutting meters of metal.
The power utility says restoration of power in the JHB CBD will start on Saturday. The repairs included installing new cables, with one drum of cable weighing 5 tons and the length of about 20km.
Business in the city have complained about how they can't afford to have an extended blackout as the outage has cost them millions of rands in income.
City Power says it will only be able to restore electricity by Saturday, a week after it was cut off.
The latest cable theft at the weekend has left several traffic lights on the blink in the Johannesburg CBD.
It's alleged the official approached a resident & informed her that her electricity was illegally connected and he was there to disconnect the service unless she gave him money.
It’s alleged the engineering employees submitted a fake bank guarantee to the council which totalled just over R14 million.
