{"id":685787,"date":"2023-05-06T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T05:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=685787"},"modified":"2023-05-06T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T05:30:27","slug":"eskom-ramps-up-load-shedding-this-weekend-heres-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/685787\/eskom-ramps-up-load-shedding-this-weekend-heres-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom ramps up load shedding this weekend &#8211; here&#8217;s the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has announced Stage 4 load shedding this morning &#8211; taking it up from Stage 3.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Saturday (6 May), Eskom said that the further breakdown of generating units has led to the need for the company to alter the original weekend schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom said it would publish a further update as soon as there are any significant changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 6 May<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 7 May<\/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>Monday, 8 May<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 5: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The changes come a day after Eskom outlined a detailed schedule for the weekend, alternating between Stage 3 and Stage 4 during the day.<\/p>\n<p>South Africans have been warned to get ready for a cold and dark winter as demand for electricity is expected to skyrocket, and Eskom remains unable to provide a sufficient supply.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting in a virtual update on the Energy Action Plan, the government&#8217;s strategy to revive Eskom and open up the national grid to independent power producers, the company said it is likely that generation capacity will continue to be severely constrained.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of megawatts are currently offline due to maintenance issues, trips or outages at power units across the country, said Eskom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a very tough winter,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LVHUVTHc0l\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/685637\/eskom-gives-winter-load-shedding-update\/\">Eskom gives winter load shedding update<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Eskom gives winter load shedding update&#8221; &#8212; BusinessTech\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/685637\/eskom-gives-winter-load-shedding-update\/embed\/#?secret=QJ3QvjZ9ZR#?secret=LVHUVTHc0l\" data-secret=\"LVHUVTHc0l\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/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:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business-opinion\/685495\/south-africans-have-gotten-this-wrong-about-eskom-and-load-shedding\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africans got this wrong about Eskom and load shedding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom gives another load shedding announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":681069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-685787","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\/685787","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=685787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685789,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685787\/revisions\/685789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}