A weekend of loadshedding for South Africans
A weekend of loadshedding for South Africans. Photo: SA News

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Eskom weekend load shedding: Stage 4 expected during peak hours

In a power alert on Friday afternoon, Eskom provided the expected loadshedding schedule for the coming weekend. READ: LIVE LOAD SHEDDING TRACKER: What stage are we on now? ESKOM WEEKEND LOADSHEDDING SCHEDULE Stage 3 kicks in from 16:00 on Friday and will persist until midnight. There will be no loadshedding until 5:00 on Saturday when Stage […]

09-06-23 15:58
A weekend of loadshedding for South Africans
A weekend of loadshedding for South Africans. Photo: SA News

In a power alert on Friday afternoon, Eskom provided the expected loadshedding schedule for the coming weekend.

READ: LIVE LOAD SHEDDING TRACKER: What stage are we on now?

ESKOM WEEKEND LOADSHEDDING SCHEDULE

Stage 3 kicks in from 16:00 on Friday and will persist until midnight. There will be no loadshedding until 5:00 on Saturday when Stage 1 is implemented. Power cuts will be increased to Stage 4 from 16:00 on the day – this pattern repeats on Sunday.

“Eskom will publish another update should any significant changes occur,” said Eskom.

Weekend loadshedding schedule. Image: Eskom

Loadshedding schedules can be found via the following links below:

Loadshedding widget courtesy The Outlier.

BREAKDOWNS

Breakdowns account for 16 546MW of the generation capacity unavailable at the moment, while a further 2497MW is offline for planned maintenance.

Over the past 24 hours, four generating units have been returned to service. During the same period, two units broke down, and there were delays in returning three units to the grid. Eskom said these breakdowns and delays were contributing to capacity constraints.

“Eskom teams are working round the clock to return these generating units to service over the next few days,” said the power utility.

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