South Africans will be without power for 12 hours a day in 4-hour slots under Stage 9 load-shedding

[Dan C]

Most days under Stage 6 it's already 12hr days.

No it's not. Stage 6 it's 9 hours.

 

[Lucas Buck]

Why not create a megathread where the majority of these loadshedding articles can be dumped into.

 

[Dan C]

Why not create a megathread where the majority of these loadshedding articles can be dumped into.

Bright idea

 

[deesef]

No it's not. Stage 6 it's 9 hours.

All depends on who has an interest in the area...

Here are 2 areas for reference. There is a ridiculous difference between these areas!

 

[DapperDanMan]

Oh - just like it is now?

 

[quovadis]

No it's not. Stage 6 it's 9 hours.

We've had a few days last week that all were 11.5 hrs. 2x4.5hrs and 1x2.5hrs. Not my imagination. Eskom Direct.

Today ... S6 schedule.

 

[Dan C]

All depends on who has an interest in the area...

Here are 2 areas for reference. There is a ridiculous difference between these areas!

Nee fok, I'll stay in East London for now. By my calculations it does not come to 12hours in a day ?

 

[chickenbeef]

I've had multiple days with 11-12 hours of no power this week under supposed "Stage 6"

 

[Sideshow Bob]

We've had a few days last week that all were 11.5 hrs. 2x4.5hrs and 1x2.5hrs. Not my imagination. Eskom Direct.

Today ... S6 schedule.

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We had power full day. Stage 3 had it from 6 to 8:30am but didn't happen. Strange. Only LS is tonight at 10:00pm - 00.30

 

[dualmeister]

Promises promises.

 

[RedViking]

Well we currently off around just over10 and then at least twice a week when power does not come back on due to cable theft and what not.

 

[StefanB7]

We already have 11 and a half hours of loadshedding on Stage 6.

 

[supersunbird]

That is current stage 8

Indeed, Stage 8, allowing for switch over allowance time that many have, can easily be between 12 to 13.5 hours a day. Do they just let anyone be a physics professor (and a Sunday Times journalist) these days?

In fact, Stage 9 will see some areas have 14 to 15.5 hours off for 3 days of a 4 day rotation (if it is a 24/7 Stage 9 over multiple days), depending on the relevant schedule.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

Imagine how bad the news would have been if we didn't have a Minister of Electricity.

 

[s0lar]

Bright idea

Y’all be grandpa’s right? S E O, geddit?

 

[heartbroken]

Seems like the old genny will need a proper service before winter otherwise the batteries won’t last.

 

[FiestaST]

Just earlier my old man was joking "I hope we don't end up with Zim's level of loadshedding".

I think he was joking, these days anything goes.

 

[supersunbird]

No it's not. Stage 6 it's 9 hours.

Depends on where you live I guess, here in Pretoria it's either 8 plus hours (1 x 4.5 and 2 x 2.5) or 10 plus hours (2 x 4.5 and 1 x 2.5) according the schedule on Stage 6.

 

[neoprema]

Wasn’t Friday already?

 

[newby_investor]

Well since the physics professor asked, I'll try not to use my heaters this winter.