stage 5 load-shedding

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 5 making way for stage 3/stage 4 rotation

    Stage 5 making way for stage 3/stage 4 rotation Eskom will reduce load-shedding from stage 5 to a rotation of stage 3 and stage 4 over the coming days. The company said the lowering of load-shedding was possible because it had sufficiently replenished emergency power reserves following five...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    [Updated once] Eskom implementing four different levels of load-shedding this weekend - also an 11-hour break

    Eskom changes load-shedding timetable again — here is the updated schedule Eskom has announced there will be no stage 5 load-shedding tonight. Instead, it will implement stage 4 power cuts between 20:00 on Thursday and 05:00 on Friday. This is due to further improvements in generation capacity...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Update: Stage 6 until further notice [Was: Stage 5 and stage 6 load-shedding for the rest of the week]

    Stage 5 and stage 6 load-shedding for the rest of the week Eskom has announced a return to stage 6 load-shedding during the evening and early morning hours for the rest of the week, with stage 5 running during most of the day. The utility said the increase in load-shedding was required due to...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 4 and stage 5 load-shedding for start of the week

    Stage 4 and stage 5 load-shedding for start of the week Eskom has announced a return to stage 5 load-shedding over Sunday evening and the early morning hours of Monday. "Stage 5 load-shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today until 05:00 on Monday," Eskom said in a statement on Sunday...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom going to stage 5 load-shedding this weekend — stage 4 and stage 2 also on the cards

    Eskom going to stage 5 load-shedding this weekend — stage 4 and stage 2 also on the cards Eskom plans to increase load-shedding to stage 5 on Friday evening and alternate between stage 4 and stage 2 over the rest of the weekend. The utility blamed the intensified load-shedding on higher than...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 4 and 5 rotation for the week

    Stage 4 and 5 rotation for the week Eskom will implement stage 5 night-time and stage 4 day-time load-shedding until further notice. In a statement on Sunday afternoon, the power utility announced its unplanned breakdowns amounted to 18,144MW of generating capacity.
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 2 is the best Eskom can do this weekend

    Stage 2 is the best Eskom can do this weekend Eskom has published its planned load-shedding schedule for the coming weekend, with bad news for those that had hoped for significant relief from the rotational power cuts. The utility will implement stage 5 load-shedding over most of the period...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom plans lower load-shedding stages this weekend

    Eskom plans lower load-shedding stages this weekend Eskom plans to reduce load-shedding to as low as stage 3 over the weekend, due to lower anticipated demand. The current implementation of stage 6 is scheduled to continue over Friday evening and early Saturday morning.
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom just ruined your weekend

    Eskom just ruined your weekend Eskom will only slightly reduce load-shedding stages in the coming weekend, with stage 6 continuing to remain in effect for most of the period. In a statement on Friday afternoon, the utility said its power station breakdowns amounted to 17,093MW of generating...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 5 load-shedding until further notice

    Stage 5 load-shedding until further notice Eskm has continued to implement stage 5 load-shedding from 05:00 on Wednesday, 12 April 2023. The utility had originally planned to reduce the rotational power cuts to stage 3 until 16:00 on Wednesday.
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 4 until further notice

    Stage 4 until further notice Eskom has announced it plans to continue load-shedding at stage 4 until further notice, instead of increasing to stage 5 during the evening. The utility said the change was possible due to "some recovery" in generation capacity in the past 24 hours, without...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 5 load-shedding scrapped for Wednesday evening

    Stage 5 load-shedding scrapped for Wednesday evening Eskom plans to continue implementing load-shedding at stage 4 until further notice instead of ramping up to stage 5 on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. In a short statement at noon on Wednesday, the utility said the lower-than-planned...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 5 load-shedding is back

    Stage 5 load-shedding is back Eskom has announced it will increase its planned load-shedding stages to a rotation of stage 4 and stage 5 from Wednesday. The utility said that it suffered breakdowns of four generating units — one each at Duvha, Lethabo, Majuba and Tutuka power stations — over...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom jumping between stages 3, 4, and 5 in the coming week

    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...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Load-shedding reduced to stage 4

    Load-shedding reduced to stage 4 Eskom reduced load-shedding to stage 4 from 09:00 on Sunday, 26 February 2023. The abrupt change came at less than five minutes' notice and only four hours after Eskom reduced load-shedding from stage 6 to stage 5.
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 5 load-shedding from Sunday

    Stage 5 load-shedding from Sunday Eskom has announced it will reduce load-shedding from stage 6 to stage 5 on Sunday, 26 February 2023. The utility has been implementing continuous stage 6 load-shedding since Sunday, 19 February 2023.
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 5 load-shedding from Tuesday to Saturday (05:00) - further updates on Friday

    Stage 5 load-shedding from Tuesday Eskom will reduce load-shedding to stage 5 from Tuesday after restoring several generating units at its coal-fired power stations to service over Sunday night. "We returned a unit each at Camden, Kriel, Kusile and Kendal," the utility said in a short...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom increases load-shedding to stage 5 until Monday

    Eskom increases load-shedding to stage 5 until Monday Eskom will increase load-shedding from stage 4 to stage 5 until Monday morning following the breakdown of five more generating units at its coal power stations on Friday night and Saturday morning. "A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden...
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