{"id":614633,"date":"2022-08-05T15:28:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=614633"},"modified":"2022-08-05T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T13:28:27","slug":"eskom-announces-stage-2-load-shedding-this-weekend-here-is-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/614633\/eskom-announces-stage-2-load-shedding-this-weekend-here-is-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom announces stage 2 load shedding this weekend &#8211; here is the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented this weekend due to the continued shortage of generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 load shedding will again be implemented during the evening peak period of 16h00-24h00 both on Saturday and Sunday, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom will promptly communicate any further significant changes, it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The capacity constraints have been exacerbated by the delay in returning a generation unit to service each at Koeberg, Kusile and Tutuka power stations, as well as the unplanned breakdowns of a generation unit each at Camden and Medupi, two at Hendrina and four units at Arnot power stations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some generation units are anticipated to return to service over the next few days,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 load shedding is currently being implemented until midnight.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend load shedding will also assist in recovering emergency generation reserves, which have been utilised extensively to meet demand over the last few days, the power utility said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PowerAlert1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerAlert1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented at 16:00-24:00 on both Saturday and Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAPH107t3g\">pic.twitter.com\/rAPH107t3g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eskom_SA\/status\/1555541078475939841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/sites\/Departments\/Public-works-and-infrastructure\/Pages\/Load-Shedding.aspx\">City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Procedures%2C%20guidelines%20and%20regulations\/Load_Shedding_All_Areas_Schedule_and_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.durban.gov.za\/City_Services\/electricity\/Load_Shedding\/Pages\/default.aspx\">eThekwini<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centlec.co.za\/Pages\/Page\/Loadshedding\">Manguang<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/loadshedding.eskom.co.za\/\">loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/614269\/governments-new-plan-to-crack-down-on-copper-theft-in-south-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Government\u2019s new plan to crack down on copper theft in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented this weekend due to the continued shortage of generation capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":517016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-614633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-eskom","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614635,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614633\/revisions\/614635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}