Coverage
poweroutagesa is adding South African provinces one at a time. Each covered province has pages for every municipality and postal code, with the local electricity provider, emergency numbers and live community reports. The table below lists the provinces that are live today.
| Province | Postal codes | Suburb names | Municipalities | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | 418 | 458 | 92 | 3 |
| Free State | 178 | 204 | 81 | 2 |
| Gauteng | 689 | 905 | 42 | 5 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 509 | 624 | 106 | 3 |
| Limpopo | 342 | 375 | 37 | 2 |
| Mpumalanga | 271 | 302 | 62 | 1 |
| Northern Cape | 186 | 196 | 66 | 2 |
| North West | 313 | 344 | 61 | 2 |
| Western Cape | 360 | 509 | 80 | 6 |
What coverage means
A postal code in our directory means you can view and report outages there. It does not mean every outage will be detected: detection depends on people in that area reporting. No recent report does not prove the power is on.
Data sources
Postal codes, suburbs, municipalities and coordinates: GeoNames postal code data for South Africa (CC BY 4.0). Provider contact details: official Eskom and municipal websites. Tariffs: Eskom 2026/27 tariff book and NERSA decisions. Please verify numbers before relying on them.
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