Eskom announces no load shedding for today – here is the new schedule
Eskom has announced that load shedding will remain suspended for the rest of today, spelling good news for Rugby fans across the country.
Eskom said that load shedding will remain suspended until 16:00 on Monday.
Thereafter, stage 2 will be implemented from 16:00 until 05:00 on Tuesday.
Load shedding will then be suspended until 16:00 on Tuesday, when it will return to stage 2. Eskom said that this pattern will be repeated until further notice.
The embattled power utility said that this was possible due to breakdowns standing at 13,158MW and planned maintenance at 6,051MW of generation capacity.
The news from Eskom means that South Africans will not be subjected to load shedding during the highly-anticipated match between South Africa v France at the Rugby World Cup.
The weekly schedule can be found below:
Sunday, 15 October
- 00h00 to 00h00 – Suspended
Monday, 16 October
- 00h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
- 05h00 to 16h00 – Suspended
- 16h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
Monday, 16 October
- 00h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
- 05h00 to 16h00 – Suspended
- 16h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
Tuesday, 17 October
- 00h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
- 05h00 to 16h00 – Suspended
- 16h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
Wednesday, 18 October
- 00h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
- 05h00 to 16h00 – Suspended
- 16h00 to 05h00 – Stage 2
Schedules
For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:
- City of Johannesburg
- City of Ekurhuleni
- City of Tshwane
- City of Cape Town (PDF)
- Nelson Mandela Bay
- eThekwini
- Manguang
- Buffalo City
For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.
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.
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