Load shedding: 1st weekend in July

LOAD SHEDDING NEWS - Eskom has announced that stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 on Friday until midnight.

Thereafter, the deliberate power cuts will be suspended from midnight until 16:00 on Saturday, followed by stage 3 load shedding from 16:00 until midnight.

Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said this pattern will be repeated until further notice.

Breakdowns are currently reduced to 14 374MW of generating capacity. The generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance increased to 5 003MW.

Mokwena said over the past 24 hours, some generating units were returned to service.

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You will be affected as follows:

George:

Saturday 1 July: 22:00 - 00:00
Sunday 2 July: 22:00 - 00:00
Monday 3 July: 22:00 - 00:00

Uniondale:

Saturday 1 July: 21:00 - 23:30
Sunday 2 July: None
Monday 3 July: 19:00 - 21:30

Sedgefield:

Saturday 1 July: 22:00 - 00:00
Sunday 2 July: 22:00 - 00:00
Monday 3 July: 22:00 - 00:00

Knysna | Plettenberg Bay:

Saturday 1 July: None
Sunday 2 July: 20:00 - 22:30
Monday 3 July: 20:00 - 22:30

Mossel Bay:

Saturday 1 July: None
Sunday 2 July: 20:00 - 22:30
Monday 3 July: 20:00 - 22:30

Saturday 1 July: None
Sunday 2 July: 20:00 - 22:30
Monday 3 July: 20:00 - 22:30

Heidelberg | Slangrivier:

Saturday 1 July: 18:00 - 20:30
Sunday 2 July: 18:00 - 20:30
Monday 3 July: 18:00 - 20:30

Oudtshoorn:

Saturday 1 July: 20:00 - 22:30
Sunday 2 July: None
Monday 3 July: 20:00 - 22:30

Graaff-Reinet:

Saturday 1 July: None
Sunday 2 July: 19:00 - 21:30
Monday 3 July: 19:00 - 21:30

Consumers are reminded to 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.

This will reduce the risk of overload tripping on the network and reduce the current high MVA spikes.

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