By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
State owned power utility Eskom has announced changes to the load shedding schedule for the week.
Stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented on Tuesday until midnight before dropping to stage 3 and stage 2 for the rest of the week. The times are as follows:
Tuesday, 18 October
- Stage 4 – 05h30 to 00h00
Wednesday, 19 October
- Stage 2 – 00h00 to 05h00
- Stage 3 – 16h00 to 00h00
Thursday, 20 October
- Stage 3 – 16h00 to 00h00
Friday, 21 October
- Stage 2 – 16h00 to 00h00
Eskom said it will publish a further update on Friday afternoon, or as soon as any further significant changes occur.
“Since yesterday morning a unit each at Duvha, Medupi as well as three units at Kendal power stations have returned to service. A generation unit each at Arnot, Camden, Tutuka and Kusile power stations remain out of service following breakdowns in the past 24 hours,” it said.
The group currently has 5,106MW on planned maintenance, while another 15,576MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.
For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.
Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.