Load shedding changes for the weekend – here’s the new schedule
Power utility Eskom has announced changes to the load shedding schedule for the weekend ahead.
Load shedding will continue at stage 3 until midnight on Friday (23 June), then be suspended until 05h00 on Saturday.
Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented between 05h00 and 16h00, then pushed to stage 3 until midnight.
This pattern will repeat on Sunday.
Monday will return to suspended load shedding between midnight and 16h00 and stage 3 in the evenings.
The full schedule is below:
Friday, 23 June
- Stage 3: until 00h00
Saturday, 24 June
- Suspended: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00
Sunday, 25 June
- Suspended: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00
Monday, 26 June
- Suspended: 00h00 to 16h00
- Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00
Breakdowns have reduced to 14,675MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance has slightly increased to 3,908MW.
Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Arnot, Kendal and Kriel power stations were returned to service.
Further delays in returning to service a generating unit at Grootvlei and two generating units at Hendrina power station are contributing to the current capacity constraints.
Eskom has managed to keep high stages of load shedding at bay for three weeks, largely thanks to reduced planned outages, improved generation and lower-than-expected demand.
Despite the improvement, load shedding continues to be implemented daily, with the country now entering into its 205th day of outages since the current ‘cycle’ started in September 2022.
South Africans have only been spared three full days of load shedding in the last 10 months.
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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