Eskom ramps up load shedding to stage 4

LOAD SHEDDING NEWS - Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa telling the country the “worst of load shedding is behind us” during his state of the nation address (Sona), Eskom has ramped up the power cuts to stage 4 early on Friday until further notice.

Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said the parastatal will keep South Africans informed should there be any change to the load shedding schedule.

“Due to two additional generating units being taken out of service for repairs, stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 02:00 today until further notice. Our teams are working tirelessly to return the generation units back online.”

Prior to stage 4 power cuts, Eskom was regulating load shedding between stage 1 and stage 2 as it battles to keep the lights on.

You will be affected as follows:

GEORGE | SEDGEFIELD

Friday 9 February: 10:00 - 12:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
Saturday 10 February: 02:00 - 04:30 | 10:00 - 12:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
Sunday 11 February: 02:00 - 04:30 | 10:00 - 12:30 | 18:00 - 20:30

UNIONDALE

Friday 9 February: 13:00 - 15:30 | 21:00 - 23:30
Saturday 10 February: 05:00 - 07:30 | 13:00 - 15:30 | 21:00 - 23:30
Sunday 11 February: 05:00 - 07:30 | 13:00 - 15:30 | 21:00 - 23:30

KNYSNA | PLETTENBERG BAY

Friday 9 February: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Saturday 10 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Sunday 11 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30

MOSSEL BAY

Friday 9 February: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Saturday 10 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Sunday 11 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30

Friday 9 February: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Saturday 10 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Sunday 11 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30

HEIDELBERG | SLANGRIVIER

Friday 9 February: 06:00 - 08:30 | 14:00 - 16:30 | 22:00 - 00:00
Saturday 10 February: 00:00 - 00:30 | 06:00 - 08:30 | 14:00 - 16:30 | 22:00 - 00:00
Sunday 11 February: 00:00 - 00:30 | 06:00 - 08:30 | 14:00 - 16:30 | 22:00 - 00:00

OUDTSHOORN

Friday 9 February: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Saturday 10 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Sunday 11 February: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30

GRAAFF-REINET

Friday 9 February: 07:00 - 09:30 | 15:00 - 17:30 | 23:00 - 00:00
Saturday 10 February: 00:00 - 01:30 | 07:00 - 09:30 | 15:00 - 17:30 | 23:00 - 00:00
Sunday 11 February: 00:00 - 01:30 | 07:00 - 09:30 | 15:00 - 17:30 | 23:00 - 00:00

Consumers are reminded to please use electricity sparingly after power returns. Please do not switch high-usage equipment on immediately after load shedding.

Consumers are urged to turn off high-usage equipment and where possible to not switch on appliances such as stoves and kettles for at least 30 minutes after load shedding is scheduled to return.

This will reduce the risk of overload tripping on the network.

Receive Eskom load shedding notifications by downloading the free EskomSePush app from Google Play Store at https://sepush.co.za/

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