Stage 4 load-shedding returns
Eskom plans to increase load-shedding to stage 4 on Thursday night and Friday morning.
Stage 2 load-shedding will continue to be implemented over Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning until 05:00.
Can I replace this with a standard light switch as I don't want to spend R500 on a D500LED-P DIMMER?
As you can see the black and green/yellow is going back to somewhere else. So I only have the two red wires. Can I connect those two red wires (image 1) which was previously connected to the...
Stage 1 and stage 2 load-shedding for the weekend — with a brief break
Eskom has announced it will rotate between stage 1 and stage 2 load-shedding over the coming weekend, with an 11-hour break from the power cuts on Sunday.
The current implementation of stage 2 load-shedding is planned to...
Eskom planning stage 1 to stage 3 load-shedding until Wednesday
Eskom has announced its plans for load-shedding in the coming days — with power cuts varying between stage 1 and stage 3 when in effect.
The utility will continue to suspend load-shedding until 05:00 on Monday morning, before...
Eskom downgrades Saturday night load-shedding
Eskom has announced it will implement stage 1 load-shedding on Saturday from 16:00 until 05:00 on Sunday, instead of stage 2.
The utility's original plan to rotate between stage 1 and stage 2 for the rest of the weekend and the first two days of...
Long weekend load-shedding plan revealed
Eskom plans to rotate between stage 1 and stage 2 load-shedding in the next few days, while completely suspending the power cuts for 11 hours on Sunday and Tuesday.
The utility said the reduction in load-shedding was possible due to a recovery in...
Eskom will miss key power station production goal it punted to Parliament in January
South Africa’s state power utility will miss a target to boost output from struggling coal-fired plants by the end of March, highlighting the poor state of equipment whose viability is being reviewed by German...
Tshwane allowing residents to sell electricity back to the grid
The Tshwane metropolitan municipality has announced that it is accepting applications from residents to sell electricity back into the grid, the Pretoria Rekord reports.
Applications are open to residents with small-scale embedded...
Ramaphosa responds to reports saying that he argued he had no obligation to ensure South Africa had electricity
The Presidency has described recent media reporting on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s responding affidavit in a case challenging the constitutionality of load-shedding as a "gross...
Eskom jumping between stages 3, 4, and 5 in the coming week
Eskom plans to gradually reduce load-shedding to a day-night rotation of stage 3 and stage 4 in the coming week but will resume stage 5 for several hours on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
In a statement on Sunday evening, the...
Eskom load-shedding helping send South Africa into recession
Africa’s most industrialised economy faces a 45% chance of slipping into recession this year as South Africa’s electricity crisis deepens.
The probability of it happening in the coming 12 months increased from odds of 35% in...
More legal battles over load-shedding looming
Several organisations in South Africa are threatening to take Eskom to court over the impact of frequent load-shedding and the utility's failure to provide a comprehensive plan to address the rotational power cuts.
That is according to a report...
Plenty of anecdotals out there that criminal syndicates are also partially involved in the loadshedding fiasco.
But how deep does the rabbit hole go and what would their modus operandi be? How would we mitigate their involvement? How do we kneecap the syndicates?
Continuous stage 6 load-shedding from Wednesday evening
Eskom will implement stage 6 load-shedding from 16:00 on Wednesday continuously until further notice.
The utility said the uninterrupted stage 6 load-shedding was required due to severe generating capacity constraints.
Eskom dodges stage 5 load-shedding
Eskom has announced a reduction in the load-shedding stages it plans to implement in the coming week.
According to a statement on Sunday afternoon, the utility initially planned to implement stage 5 load-shedding during the evenings from 16:00 to midnight...
Nightly stage 2 load-shedding until further notice
Eskom plans to implement stage 2 load-shedding during evening peak demand periods and nightly hours from Monday, 7 November 2022, until further notice.
"Starting on Monday afternoon, stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented from 16:00 until...
Eskom plunges South Africa into all-day load-shedding
Eskom will implement all-day stage 3 load-shedding until further notice after four of its coal-powered generating units failed overnight.
"Due to the failure of two units at Kendal Power Station and a unit each at Kriel and Arnot power...
Stage 2 evening load-shedding until Wednesday
Eskom will suspend stage 2 load-shedding at midnight on Sunday and then resume the same level of power cuts from Monday to Wednesday during the evenings.
From Monday, stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented daily from 16:00 to midnight.