{"id":756947,"date":"2024-03-01T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=756947"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:23:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:23:07","slug":"load-shedding-eased-for-the-weekend-here-is-the-full-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/756947\/load-shedding-eased-for-the-weekend-here-is-the-full-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Load shedding eased for the weekend &#8211; here is the full schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Power utility Eskom says that it will ease load shedding this weekend, suspending outages during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the anticipated return to service of additional generating units over the weekend, Stage 2 load shedding will continue to be implemented until 05h00 on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thereafter, load shedding will be suspended until 16h00. Stage 2 load shedding will resume from 16h00 until 05h00 on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This alternating pattern of suspending load shedding from 05h00 until 16h00 and implementing Stage 2 load shedding from 16h00 until 05h00 will be repeated on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LOad-shedding-1-March.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LOad-shedding-1-March.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-756949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LOad-shedding-1-March.jpg 671w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LOad-shedding-1-March-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Unplanned outages have further reduced to 13,921MW of generating capacity, while the capacity out of service for planned maintenance is at 6,831MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedules<\/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\/energy\/756855\/eskoms-massive-load-shedding-dilemma\/\">Eskom\u2019s massive load shedding dilemma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has announced the load shedding changes for the weekend. Here&#8217;s what to expect.<\/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":[26],"class_list":["post-756947","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\/756947","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=756947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756951,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756947\/revisions\/756951"}],"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=756947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}