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- Stage 4: until 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Saturday, 11 March<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n
- Stage 3: 05h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sunday, 12 March<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n
- Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n
- Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Monday, 13 March<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nOver the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Duvha, Kriel and Matla power stations were successfully returned to service.<\/p>\n
During the same period a generating unit each at Camden and Kendal power stations were taken offline for repairs.<\/p>\n
The return to service of a generating unit each at Hendrina, Medupi and Tutuka, power stations are delayed.<\/p>\n
The repairs to the damaged towers from Cahora Bassa in Mozambique is continuing and is anticipated to be completed by early next week, Eskom said.<\/p>\n
Breakdowns are currently reduced to 16,469MW of generating capacity while 4,652MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.<\/p>\n
South Africa has been in a state of near-permanent load shedding since September 2022, and has experienced 130 consecutive days of blackouts since late October.<\/p>\n
Load shedding has hit every single day of 2023 so far, often at high stages.<\/p>\n
The rolling blackouts have had a dire impact on the economy, leading to a GDP contraction of 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022, with many economists expecting the same or worse for the first quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n
This would place South Africa into a technical recession.<\/p>\n
Given the South African Reserve Bank’s growth estimates for 2023 – a paltry 0.3% – being contingent on South Africa only experiencing 200 days of load shedding, the current prospects for annual GDP do not look good.<\/p>\n
Economists have warned that if load shedding is not resolved, South Africa risks facing recession over a much longer term.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for the country, there are no short-term fixes for the outages, and all data points to the situation getting worse as the country heads into the winter months.<\/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><\/li>\n
- City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
- City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
- City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n
- eThekwini<\/a><\/li>\n
- Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n
- Buffalo City<\/a><\/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><\/li>\n
- City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n
- Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n