Davids, GregorySekhokho, Sello2025-03-312025-03-312024https://hdl.handle.net/10566/20315Post-apartheid South Africa placed priority on the transformation of society to address the apartheid inherited social economic imbalances. A key priority was to ensure electricity provision for all in promoting economic and social transformation. This research focussed on the challenges and obstacles that impacted on electricity security within South Africa with a particular focus on the City of Johannesburg. The aim of the study were to examine the root causes of power supply challenges in South Africa using the Johannesburg municipality as the locus of study. A number of objectives were set amongst these to determine the effects of power outages on the lives of people of Johannesburg municipality and to analyse the initiatives undertaken in order to minimise power supply challenges in Johannesburg municipality. The study was qualitative in nature and a non-probability method of purposive sampling was used to select a sample of 20 participants from Johannesburg municipality workers and residents. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data which was thematically analysed. The study found that various factors such as illegal power connections, lack of political will, and constant breakdowns due to old equipment, obsolete power generation, institutional financial problems, increasing population, and exorbitant electricity prices caused inefficient power supply.enPower SupplyPower OutagesElectricityJohannesburg municipalityNational electric gridThesis