{"id":736859,"date":"2023-12-07T18:34:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=736859"},"modified":"2023-12-07T18:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:34:36","slug":"eskom-ramps-up-load-shedding-heres-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/736859\/eskom-ramps-up-load-shedding-heres-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom ramps up load shedding &#8211; here&#8217;s the schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that it pushed load shedding to stage 4 on Thursday (7 December), escalating outages at short notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 4 load shedding was put into effect from 16h00 on Thursday, which the group said would continue until 05h00 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 3 load shedding will kick in thereafter and continue until 16h00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eskom is expected to outline the weekend load shedding schedule later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, 7 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, 8 December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage 3: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage TBD: 16h00 onward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the sudden changes made to load shedding schedules over the past few weeks, South Africans should expect more changes as they happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedules&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/?page_id=1124\">City of Tshwane&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\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=\"noreferrer noopener\">City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/690923\/heres-the-new-load-shedding-schedule-for-ethekwini-taking-effect-tomorrow\/\">eThekwini<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/centlec.co.za\/LoadShedding\/LoadSheddingDocuments\">Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/loadshedding.eskom.co.za\/\">loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business-opinion\/735779\/massive-shift-for-load-shedding-in-south-africa\/\">&nbsp;Massive shift for load shedding in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has confirmed that it escalated load shedding on Thursday at short 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