Eskom moves to stage 4 load shedding for the rest of the week – here is the schedule

Eskom has announced that stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 13h00 until 05h00 on Friday.

Thereafter stage 2 load shedding will be implemented as previously communicated until 05h00 on Saturday, the embattled power utility said.

“While Eskom regrets the escalation in load shedding, it is necessary to ration the remaining emergency generation reserves which have been utilised extensively this morning as we are not getting the reduction in demand as expected from the implementation of stage 2 load shedding.

“It was anticipated that an additional seven units would have returned to service by Monday, and this has not materialised. Further, a generating unit at Arnot power station tripped this morning, contributing to the shortages.

Eskom has warned in a summer load shedding forecast for 2021/2022 that its system is likely to remain severely constrained for the near future.

For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:

• City of Johannesburg
• City of Ekurhuleni 
• City of Tshwane 
• City of Cape Town (PDF)
• Nelson Mandela Bay
• eThekwini
• Manguang
• Buffalo City

For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.