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The City of Tshwane has updated its load shedding schedule. Image: Shutterstock.

Load shedding for the week – Here’s the latest schedule

Eskom has provided an update regarding load shedding that will be implemented this week. Here’s the latest schedule..

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The City of Tshwane has updated its load shedding schedule. Image: Shutterstock.

Eskom says it will continue to implement Stage 3 load shedding until Thursday, 18 January.

The power utility had previously announced that it will implement Stage 3 and 4 rolling blackouts alternatively but reduced them to Stage 3 on Saturday.

LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

In a brief statement, Eskom said due to the sustained generation performance and the recovery of emergency reserves for the week ahead, Stage 3 loadshedding will continue to be implemented until 05:00 on Thursday, 18 January 2024.

“Eskom Power Station General Managers and their teams are working diligently to ensure that the 2 721MW of generating capacity is returned to service by Wednesday,”the power utility said.

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Eskom said planned outages which are implemented to improve the reliability of the generation fleet are currently at 8 843MW whilst unplanned outages are at 13 981MW of generating capacity.

“Eskom will continue to monitor the power system closely and communicate should any significant changes occur,” Eskom said.

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