Eskom announces stage 6 power cuts — with a timetable change
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 6 load-shedding from 20:00 on Tuesday until 05:00 tomorrow morning to replenish emergency reserves.
Load-shedding will then drop back to stage 4 from 05:00 until 20:00.
“The pattern of implementing Stage 4 from 05:00 until 20:00 and Stage 6 from 20:00 until 05:00 will be repeated daily until Saturday morning,” Eskom stated.
“Unplanned outages increased by 401MW to 15,825MW, whilst planned maintenance increased by 555 MW to 6,835MW of generation capacity,” the state-owned power utility said.
“1,300 MW of generation capacity was returned to service in the last 24 hours.”
Eskom said it would closely monitor the power system and communicate any changes to load-shedding should it be required.
The table below summarises Eskom’s planned load-shedding schedule for the week ahead.
| Load-shedding from 28 November 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Daytime (05:00–20:00) | Evening peak (20:00–05:00) | ||
| 28 November | Tuesday | Stage 4 | Stage 6 | ||
| 29 November | Wednesday | Stage 4 | Stage 6 | ||
| 30 November | Thursday | Stage 4 | Stage 6 | ||
| 1 December | Friday | Stage 4 | Stage 6 | ||
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