{"id":670375,"date":"2023-03-05T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=670375"},"modified":"2023-03-05T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T13:48:21","slug":"eskom-announces-load-shedding-schedule-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/670375\/eskom-announces-load-shedding-schedule-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom announces load shedding schedule for the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today (5 March).<\/p>\n<p>Stage 4 will continue until Tuesday morning at 05:00.<\/p>\n<p>After that, load shedding will be reduced to stage 3 until 16:00, with stage 4 then being implemented until 05:00 am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The rotation between stage 3 and stage 4 will continue until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom said that a generating unit each at Camden, Duvha and Majuba and two other units at Kriel broke down and were taken offline for repairs in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the return to service of a generating unit each at Hendrina, Medupi and Tutuka was delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom added that repairs to damaged towers at Cahora Bassa are taking longer than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>In positive news, a generating unit each at Duvha and Kriel power stations were returned to service.<\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns totalled 17,340MW of generating capacity, while 5,654 MW of generating capacity was out for planned maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The load shedding schedule is below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 5 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, 6 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 24h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 7 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 8 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the new minister of electricity tomorrow (6 March 2023) during his cabinet reshuffle.<\/p>\n<p>During the State of the Nation Address, Ramaphosa said that he would introduce a minister of electricity to specifically deal with the nation&#8217;s energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the president\u2019s advisor on infrastructure, is rumoured to be the favoured candidate for the position.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/?page_id=1124\">City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><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><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durban.gov.za\/pages\/residents\/load-shedding\">eThekwini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/centlec.co.za\/LoadShedding\/LoadSheddingDocuments\">Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/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>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/669841\/massive-r2-7-billion-solar-plant-coming-to-the-eastern-cape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massive R2.7 billion solar plant coming to the Eastern Cape<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom to bounce between stage 3 and 4 load shedding until Wednesday this week. 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