Eskom plans load shedding on Friday: Get the schedule HERE

Eskom will continue to cut 5 000 megawatts of capacity from the national grid until at least 05:00 on Saturday, September 24.

Sep 23, 2022 - 09:19
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Eskom plans load shedding on Friday: Get the schedule HERE

Eskom will continue to cut 5 000 megawatts of capacity from the national grid until at least 05:00 on Saturday, September 24.

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Eskom will release their load shedding plan for the rest of the weekend and for next week on Friday afternoon, spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said in statement.

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Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan told Bloomberg on Thursday this week’s record-level power cuts should ease by the weekend.

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Eskom implements rolling blackouts when it fails to meet demand in order to keep the grid from a total collapse, which would potentially result in a prolonged outage.

However, Gordhan said there was “no risk whatsoever” of that happening.

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ESKOM LEVEL OF LOAD SHEDDING FOR FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER

Stage 5

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Those who receive their electricity from the City of Cape Town won’t be as hard hit on Wednesday.

CITY OF CAPE TOWN SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER

Stage 3: 06:00 – 20:00
Stage 4: 20:00 – 22:00
Stage 5: 22:00 – 05:00

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