Stage 4 load shedding sticking around all week – here’s the new schedule
Power utility Eskom says that stage 4 load shedding will continue this week, only dropping down to stage 3 during the day.
In order to manage emergency reserves, stage 4 load shedding will remain in force until 05h00 on Monday.
Thereafter, stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 05h00 until 16h00, followed by stage 4 load shedding until 05h00 on Tuesday.
This pattern of stage 3 load shedding in the morning and stage 4 load shedding in the evening will be repeated daily until Friday 16h00.
Unplanned outages are at 12,648MW and planned maintenance is at 6,814MW of generation capacity.
Sunday, 3 December
- Stage 4: until 00h00
Monday, 4 December
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Tuesday, 5 December
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Wednesday, 6 December
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Thursday, 7 December
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Friday, 8 December
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Schedules
For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:
- City of Johannesburg
- City of Ekurhuleni
- City of Tshwane
- City of Cape Town (PDF)
- Nelson Mandela Bay
- eThekwini
- Manguang
- Buffalo City
For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.
Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.
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