Eskom eases load shedding for the weekend – here’s the updated schedule
Power utility Eskom says that it will decrease the stages of load shedding during the day this weekend, but stage 4 load shedding will still be in effect overnight.
Stage 4 load shedding will continue on Friday (28 July) until 05h00 on Saturday morning; thereafter it will drop to stage 3 until 16h00 and then back to stage 4 in the evening.
Sunday’s pattern will be similar, moving down to stage 2 during the day and then back to stage 4 as the new week begins.
Notably, the country will be at stage 4 load shedding during the anticipated South Africa vs Argentina rugby match on Saturday.
The new schedule is as follows:
Friday, 28 July
- Stage 4: until 00h00
Saturday, 29 July
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
Sunday, 30 July
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00
- Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00
The group said that it is still struggling to contain breakdowns and keep outages below 15,000MW.
Breakdowns have reduced to 16,686MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of
service for planned maintenance is 3,966MW.
Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit at Camden, Duvha and two generating units at Kendal power stations were returned to service.
In the same period, a generating unit at Medupi and two generating units at Kriel power stations were taken offline for repairs.
The delay in returning to service a generating unit at Kendal, Majuba and two generating units at Tutuka
power stations is contributing to the current capacity constraints.
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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