Stage 2 predicted for 3 December 2018

[Sinbad]

From 12pm...
That's Sandton off until 4:30...
Last time that happened it took like 3 hours to get home

 

[Ancalagon]

Oh great. Really? Glad I am leaving work "early" (3PM), but it may not be early enough.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I expect Stage 2 to be the norm going forward actually... Which means I am without power for 2 hours 5 evenings out of 7 every week.....

 

[Moosedrool]

I expect Stage 2 to be the norm going forward actually... Which means I am without power for 2 hours 5 evenings out of 7 every week.....

At least you don't get the jhb 4 hour 30 minutes.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

From 12pm...
That's Sandton off until 4:30...
Last time that happened it took like 3 hours to get home

Oh Christ.

 

[R13...]

I don't mind midweek shedding, personally because I'm shed while at work. But they're ****ing up the economy.

 

[ToxicBunny]

At least you don't get the jhb 4 hour 30 minutes.

I would beyond fscking strip my moer if I had that 5 days a week....

 

[ToxicBunny]

Nope.. couldn't even make it to 12h00...

 

[Geoff.D]

Tshwane:
Website says NO load shedding.
Then the power drops.
Check the site to find they have implemented the stage 1 schedule at 09:00
Then the website goes down. " 404, You do not have permission to access ......."
At that stage we get told on the TV just before the power dropped that it is stage 2.
What this means is again, we do not know what is actually going on. Today however, we should be without power only once between 09 and 11:30.
A complete mess.
Eskom switch off the whole country, get it over with leave us all in peace for December.

 

[ArtyLoop]

Eksdoos's website hasn't been updated since last night

 

[Moosedrool]

Eksdoos's website hasn't been updated since last night

Don't expect them to manage anything properly.

 

[ArtyLoop]

Don't expect them to manage anything properly.

They cannot even manage their own personal lives... I know.

 

[cavedog]

Tshwane:
Website says NO load shedding.
Then the power drops.
Check the site to find they have implemented the stage 1 schedule at 09:00
Then the website goes down. " 404, You do not have permission to access ......."
At that stage we get told on the TV just before the power dropped that it is stage 2.
What this means is again, we do not know what is actually going on. Today however, we should be without power only once between 09 and 11:30.
A complete mess.
Eskom switch off the whole country, get it over with leave us all in peace for December.

Yeah Hennopspark is only off if on Stage 1. Eskom announced stage 2 on all their social pages. Tshwane is following stage 1 schedule suddenly and the power drops 9am exactly. No one knows what is going on....

 

[Sinbad]

[B]Karin Richards[/B]‏ @[B]Richards_Karin[/B] 11h11 hours ago
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Unthinkable today, but In 2001 Eskom won the prestigious Global Power Company of the Year award. In early 2008 Eskom still held an A1 credit rating. Today it is rated CCC+ by S&P - 7 tiers into junk with a negative outlook.

 

[Azure 12]

Well, I'll be damned, I can FINALLY post here (afters years of not being able to). It always blocked me and said I had "insufficient privileges" to post on this forum.

 

[OCP]

This just in!

 

[Azure 12]

'The situation is really dire' says Eskom's Khulu Phasiwe

Eskom has warned South Africans to prepare for load shedding this week.

The power utility implemented stage two load shedding over the weekend. As coal stocks drop, the power utility says it encountered difficulties over the weekend and the situation has not improved.

Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe described the situation at Eskom as 'dire'.

Speaking to Keino on CapeTalk's Breakfast Show, he said it has had a lot of breakdowns from its coal-fired stations and facilities that are using water are running low.

Continued...
http://www.702.co.za/articles/329369/the-situation-is-really-dire-says-eskom-s-khulu-phasiwe

 

[cavedog]

Tshwane:
Website says NO load shedding.
Then the power drops.
Check the site to find they have implemented the stage 1 schedule at 09:00
Then the website goes down. " 404, You do not have permission to access ......."
At that stage we get told on the TV just before the power dropped that it is stage 2.
What this means is again, we do not know what is actually going on. Today however, we should be without power only once between 09 and 11:30.
A complete mess.
Eskom switch off the whole country, get it over with leave us all in peace for December.

Ohh I see what Tshwane is doing that the schedule does not mention. Each stage higher than stage 1 includes the lower blocks as well. So as the stages increases they include the blocks from the lower stage too.

 

[Moosedrool]

Well, I'll be damned, I can FINALLY post here (afters years of not being able to). It always blocked me and said I had "insufficient privileges" to post on this forum.

It took you 4 years to pass 50 posts and then you don't say anything relevant to the topic anyways. XD

Edit: Nevermind you posted again.

 

[cavedog]

'The situation is really dire' says Eskom's Khulu Phasiwe

Eskom has warned South Africans to prepare for load shedding this week.

The power utility implemented stage two load shedding over the weekend. As coal stocks drop, the power utility says it encountered difficulties over the weekend and the situation has not improved.

Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe described the situation at Eskom as 'dire'.

Speaking to Keino on CapeTalk's Breakfast Show, he said it has had a lot of breakdowns from its coal-fired stations and facilities that are using water are running low.

Continued...
http://www.702.co.za/articles/329369/the-situation-is-really-dire-says-eskom-s-khulu-phasiwe

Khulu actually answered someone on Twitter saying that power units returned to service but more went offline due to unplanned outages. The unplanned outages are getting out of hand by the looks of it.