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- Stage 4 – 05h30 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Wednesday, 19 October<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Stage 2 – 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n
- Stage 3 – 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Thursday, 20 October<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Stage 3 – 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Friday, 21 October<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Stage 2 – 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEskom said it will publish a further update on Friday afternoon, or as soon as any further significant changes occur.<\/p>\n
“Since yesterday morning a unit each at Duvha, Medupi as well as three units at Kendal power stations have returned to service. A generation unit each at Arnot, Camden, Tutuka and Kusile power stations remain out of service following breakdowns in the past 24 hours,” it said.<\/p>\n
The group currently has 5,106MW on planned maintenance, while another 15,576MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n
Load shedding was previously\u00a0expected to remain at stage 2 until Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0and only be implemented in the evening peak between 16h00 and 00h00. However, Eskom\u2019s ageing fleet of power stations operates on the edge of collapse, with any breakdown forcing the power utility to enter higher stages of rolling blackouts.<\/p>\n
Chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer\u00a0warned last week<\/a>\u00a0that the country will be dealing with persistent load shedding for at least 18 months before new generating capacity can be added to the grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need another year or year-and-a-half to get out of this,\u201d Oberholzer said at the Agri SA conference near Johannesburg on Thursday. \u201cWe are going to go through a tough time over the next year and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eskom\u2019s own load shedding forecast through to August 2023<\/a>\u00a0paints a bleak picture for South Africa\u2019s power situation, noting that it has to keep unplanned outages below 13,000MW to avoid load shedding. It has struggled to keep breakdowns below 16,000MW.<\/p>\n
In scenarios where breakdowns exceed 16,000MW, the utility plans for near-permanent stage 3 and stage 4 load shedding, with excessive use of diesel generators to balance the demand. But even this scenario isn\u2019t the full picture, as Eskom is effectively capped \u2013 through physical limitations \u2013 regarding how much diesel it can actually use.<\/p>\n
Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n
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- City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- eThekwini<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Manguang<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Buffalo City<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on\u00a0loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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
\n - City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Stage 2 – 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Stage 3 – 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n