{"id":678583,"date":"2023-04-05T15:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=678583"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:54:29","slug":"load-shedding-changes-for-the-easter-long-weekend-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/678583\/load-shedding-changes-for-the-easter-long-weekend-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding changes for the Easter long weekend &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says that it will aim to suspend load shedding during the day on Sunday and Monday, with lower stages of outages for the coming Easter weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 on Wednesday (5 April) until 05h00 on Friday. Thereafter, varying stages of load shedding up to stage 3 will be implemented daily<br \/>\nuntil 05h00 on Tuesday next week.<\/p>\n<p>The group aims to suspend load shedding between 05h00 and 16h00 on Sunday (9 April) and Monday (10 April).<\/p>\n<p>Eskom will publish a further update as soon as any significant changes occur.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 5 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3: util 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, 6 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, 7 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 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>Saturday, 8 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 9 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, 10 April<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 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-678585\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-5-April.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-5-April.png 1009w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-5-April-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Load-shedding-5-April-768x397.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns are currently at 16,644MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance has reduced to 6,400MW ahead of the winter period.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, a generation unit was returned to service at Arnot Power Station. In the same period, a generating unit each at Arnot, Lethabo, Kriel and Tutuka power stations were<br \/>\ntaken offline for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>The delays in returning a unit to service at Kusile, Medupi and Tutuka power stations have contributed to the capacity constraints.<\/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\/government\/678431\/south-africas-national-state-of-disaster-is-officially-over\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africa\u2019s national state of disaster is officially over<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has published the projected load shedding schedule for the long weekend ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":671797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-678583","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\/678583","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=678583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678593,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678583\/revisions\/678593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}