South Africa's biggest city runs on some of its oldest wiring. For 15+ years New Power Holdings has rewired, repaired and certified Joburg properties from Parktown to Glenvista — registered, insured and on call 24/7.
If you need an electrician in Johannesburg, the age of this city matters more than you might think. Joburg runs on some of the oldest electrical infrastructure in South Africa: houses wired before earth leakage protection existed, mains that predate the suburbs around them, and distribution boards that have outlived four owners. Doing good work here takes more than a ladder and a multimeter — it takes local mileage.
New Power Holdings has spent more than fifteen years inside Johannesburg's roof spaces, walls and DB boards. Our electricians are qualified and registered with the Department of Employment and Labour, the business is fully insured, and as a registered COC issuer we inspect, test and certify installations to SANS 10142-1. The same standard applies whether we are fixing a tripping plug circuit in Norwood or rewiring an entire Houghton residence.
City Power outages, cable theft and load shedding have made resilient wiring a Joburg necessity. We repair what surges leave behind, fit surge protection devices at the board, and make sure your earth leakage actually trips at 30mA the way the standard demands — not just when it feels like it.
Every service below is delivered by our own in-house team, quoted upfront and backed by a workmanship guarantee:
Parktown, Houghton, Melville, Greenside, Emmarentia — Johannesburg's older suburbs are full of beautiful houses carrying wiring from another era. We regularly open ceiling voids to find perished insulation, unearthed plug circuits and joints twisted together decades ago. None of it is a reason to panic; all of it is a reason to plan.
Our approach to an older house is phased and honest. We assess first, explain what is genuinely unsafe versus simply old, and quote a staged electrical installation in Johannesburg that works around pressed ceilings, picture rails and original finishes. And when it is time to sell, remember that transfer requires a COC in Johannesburg issued within the last two years — we inspect, repair and certify, usually in one or two visits.
From CBD and Braamfontein apartment conversions to Rosebank offices and Melville's restaurant strip, commercial Johannesburg has its own pressures: three-phase supplies, tenant fit-outs, body corporate compliance and zero appetite for downtime. Our commercial electricians in Johannesburg schedule work after hours where needed and document everything for landlords and managing agents.
When things go wrong at 2am — a burnt main, a failed phase after cable theft, a DB tripping the whole building — our emergency electrician team in Johannesburg answers around the clock. If your premises are losing trading hours to electrical problems, call 0861 995 088 or request a free itemised quote and we will assess on site before you commit to anything.
Northcliff and Linden in the north-west, Glenvista and Mulbarton in the south, Auckland Park around the broadcast precinct — wherever you are in the city, an electrician in Johannesburg from our team is rarely more than a suburb or two away.
Our 1920s Melville house tripped the earth leakage every time it rained. New Power Holdings traced it to perished wiring in the bathroom wall, rewired the affected circuits over two days and issued the COC when we sold last year. Straight talk and tidy work throughout.
For emergencies we aim to have an electrician with you within about an hour, anywhere from Braamfontein to Linden. Routine work in Johannesburg is usually booked for the same week, often the next day.
Yes. We rewire heritage homes in phases, lifting boards and chasing walls only where necessary and working carefully around pressed ceilings, picture rails and original fittings. You get modern, earthed circuits with the character of the house intact.
Absolutely. Once supply is restored we test the installation, repair surge damage, replace burnt connections and fit surge protection at the DB so the next spike does less harm. If the fault is on the municipal side we will tell you honestly and help you log it.
Yes. We are registered to inspect, test and issue Certificates of Compliance. For a transfer the COC must be less than two years old, and we handle the inspection, the repair list and the certificate itself, usually across one or two visits.
We do. Our teams work in Glenvista, Mulbarton and the surrounding south just as often as in the northern suburbs, and the same pricing and workmanship guarantee applies across the city.
From heritage rewires to 2am emergencies, one registered team covers the whole city. Get your free itemised quote today.
