Load shedding back at stage 5 – here’s the updated schedule for the rest of the week
Eskom says that load shedding will be pushed back up to stage 5 on Monday following the failure of five generating units.
Stage 5 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Monday (6 March) until 05h00 on Tuesday.
After that, stage 4 load shedding will be implemented until 16h00; thereafter, it will move back to stage 5.
The stage 4 and 5 rotation will continue until further notice, Eskom said.
Monday, 6 March
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 16h00
- Stage 5: 16h00 to 00h00
Tuesday, 7 March
- Stage 5: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 4: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 5: 15h00 to 00h00
Wednesday, 8 March
- Stage 5: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 4: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 5: 15h00 to 00h00
Thursday, 9 March
- Stage 5: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 4: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 5: 15h00 to 00h00
With load shedding pushed to stage 5 on Monday, president Cyril Ramaphosa will be announcing his new cabinet changes to a population largely in the dark.
The presidency has confirmed that Ramaphosa will be announcing the long-awaited changes, including introducing a new minister of electricity whose job it will be to deal with the ongoing load shedding and energy crisis.
Despite promising to deal with the energy crisis with urgency, the president has waited almost an entire month to introduce the minister.
In the meantime, the government has declared the crisis a national state of disaster and gazetted wide-reaching regulations that will empower various departments to fast-track new generation builds and deal with different aspects of the crisis.
To date, however, no such actions have been taken.
South Africa has experienced near-permanent load shedding, mostly at stage 4 or higher, since September 2022. Load shedding has been implemented for 127 consecutive days.
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.
Read: Ramaphosa ready to announce new minister of electricity – one month later
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