{"id":673867,"date":"2023-03-19T15:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T13:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=673867"},"modified":"2023-03-19T15:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T13:59:57","slug":"load-shedding-is-back-on-monday-here-is-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/673867\/load-shedding-is-back-on-monday-here-is-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding is back on Monday &#8211; here is the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will stay suspended for the rest of the weekend, but will return on Monday (20 March).<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding will continue to be suspended until 05h00 on Monday. Thereafter, Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 05h00 until 16h00 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Monday until 05h00 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding will again be suspended from 05h00 until 16h00 on Tuesday, and then stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 until 16h00 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom said it will publish a further update as soon as any significant changes occur.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule is below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 19 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspended: until 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, 20 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspended: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 21 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 22 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-673869\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-20-March.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-20-March.png 845w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-20-March-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-20-March-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns are currently at 15,645MW of generating capacity while 4,942MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>During the last 24 hours, a generating unit at Duvha Power Station was taken offline for repairs. The delays in returning units to service at Matla, Tutuka and Medupi power stations continue.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has experienced near-permanent load shedding since September 2022. Since October 2022, the country has had 140 consecutive days of blackouts \u2013 including every single day of 2023 so far.<\/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><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/673815\/south-africa-turns-to-china-germany-and-vietnam-to-help-end-load-shedding\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africa turns to China, Germany and Vietnam to help end load shedding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Load shedding will remain suspended for the rest of the weekend, but will make return on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":647437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-673867","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\/673867","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=673867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673883,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673867\/revisions\/673883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}