{"id":675175,"date":"2023-03-24T15:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=675175"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:09:37","slug":"eskom-to-suspend-load-shedding-again-this-weekend-here-is-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/675175\/eskom-to-suspend-load-shedding-again-this-weekend-here-is-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom to suspend load shedding again this weekend &#8211; here is the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom is planning to suspend load shedding again this weekend, with &#8216;stage 0&#8217; expected on Sunday (26 March) during the day.<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding will remain at stage 2 until 05h00 on Saturday (25 March). Thereafter, stage 1 load shedding will be implemented until 16h00 before moving back to stage 2 for the evening peak.<\/p>\n<p>Load shedding will then be suspended between 05h00 and 16h00 on Sunday, before returning to stage 1 into the new week.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, 24 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: until 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 25 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 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>Sunday, 26 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, 27 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 1: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 2: 05h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-675183\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-24-March.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-24-March.png 680w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Load-shedding-24-March-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eskom said it will publish a further update as soon as any significant changes occur.<\/p>\n<p>Despite load shedding easing over the weekend, breakdowns remain significantly high and are still beyond the 13,000MW &#8216;baseline&#8217; the group planned for at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns are currently at 14,489MW of generating capacity while 6,190MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>During the last 24 hours three generation units were returned to service at Hendrina, Majuba and Tutuka power stations.<\/p>\n<p>In the same period, a generating unit at Arnot, Camden, Kriel and Tutuka power stations were taken offline for repairs. The delays in returning units to service at Duvha and Medupi power stations continue.<\/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\/finance\/674911\/load-shedding-has-crushed-south-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Load shedding has crushed South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has published the expected load shedding schedules for the coming weekend.<\/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":[26],"class_list":["post-675175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675175","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=675175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675193,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675175\/revisions\/675193"}],"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=675175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}