City Power said that technicians managed to restore the Bree substation on Tuesday afternoon.

Water and electricity supply was disrupted almost a week ago during the blast, which claimed one life and injured 40 others in the city’s busiest streets.

City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, said that the team would remain on site to ensure that residents were safe as the city restored more services.

"At least 50 percent of the residents’ load feeding from the Bree substation was successfully energised during this effort," Mangena said.

Areas that now have power restored include Bank City, Pritchard, west of Loveday, Jeppe, West Street, Diagonal, Sauer, Harrison, President, Simmonds, and the surrounding area west of Bree streets.

While residents in these regions can now rebuild and recover from the traumatic incident, City Power conveyed their determination to restore electricity to all affected customers by Tuesday afternoon.

The restoration process has been ongoing since clearance was given by Emergency Services, Disaster Management, and Labour, indicating the magnitude of the effort undertaken to bring back normalcy to the area.

Areas still without electricity are streets east and north of Bree street, part of President, Jeppe, Kerk, Plein, Loveday, Rissik, Harrison, and Von Brandis streets.