GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said there is a slight reprieve for South Africans from the deliberate power cuts.
Load shedding will be suspended at 05:00 on 25 December until 05:00 on 26 December.
Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented until 16:00 on 27 December, whereafter Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented.
“The suspension of load shedding on Christmas day is only possible due to the lower demand for electricity”, Mantshantsha said. “Eskom appeals to all electricity users to conserve as much electricity as possible during this period”.
Mantshantsha added the system, however, remained vulnerable.
“The generation fleet remains unpredictable and vulnerable”, he said.
“Should there be multiple failures of generators, a higher stage may need to be implemented at short notice”.
You will be affected as follows:
George
- Saturday 24 December: 20:00 - 22:30
- Sunday 25 December: 02:00 - 04:30
- Monday 26 December: 10:00 - 12:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 18:00 - 20:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 02:00 - 04:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
Uniondale
- Saturday 24 December: 23:00 - 01:30
- Sunday 25 December: None
- Monday 26 December: 13:00 - 15:30 |21:00 - 23:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 21:00 - 23:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 05:00 - 07:30 | 21:00 - 23:30
Sedgefield
- Saturday 24 December: 20:00 - 22:30
- Sunday 25 December: 02:00 - 04:30
- Monday 26 December: 10:00 - 12:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 18:00 - 20:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 02:00 - 04:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
Knysna | Plettenberg Bay
- Saturday 24 December: 18:00 - 20:00
- Sunday 25 December: 00:00 - 02:30
- Monday 26 December: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Mossel Bay
- Saturday 24 December: 18:00 - 20:00
- Sunday 25 December: 00:00 - 02:30
- Monday 26 December: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Albertinia | Riversdale | Gouritsmond | Stilbaai | Melkhoutfontein | Jongensfontein
- Saturday 24 December: 18:00 - 20:00
- Sunday 25 December: 00:00 - 02:30
- Monday 26 December: 00:00 - 02:30 | 08:00 - 10:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 08:00 - 10:30 | 16:00 - 18:30
Heidelberg | Slangrivier
- Saturday 24 December: 16:00 - 18:30
- Sunday 25 December: None
- Monday 26 December: 06:00 - 08:30 | 14:00 - 16:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 14:00 - 16:30 | 22:00 - 00:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 14:00 - 16:30 | 22:00 - 00:30
Witsand
- Saturday 24 December: None
- Sunday 25 December: 02:00 - 04:30
- Monday 26 December: 18:00 - 20:30
- Tuesday 27 December: 02:00 - 04:30 | 18:00 - 20:30
- Wednesday 28 December: 02:00 - 04:30 | 10:00 - 12:30
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