Sadly the chances are growing by the second that those in charge of cooking Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark. Photo: Pixabay
Eskom load shedding set to ruin Christmas lunch: NO sign of lights
Sadly the chances are growing by the second that those in charge of cooking Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark.
Sadly the chances are growing by the second that those in charge of cooking Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark. Photo: Pixabay
Sadly the chances are growing by the second that those in charge of cooking Christmas eve and / or Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark.
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At the time of publishing on Friday, 23 December, there has been no confirmation from Eskom that there will be any change to their ongoing Stage 4 load shedding.
With Mzansi set for a four-day long festive weekend after Tuesday, 27 December was also confirmed as a public holiday, there is every chance long-suffering South Africans will be frustrated yet again without lights.
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Power utility Eskom announced earlier this week that Stage 4 load shedding would continue until further notice.
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In a tweet, Eskom said: “Stage 6 loadshedding will be implemented from 20:00 tonight until 05:00 tomorrow morning. Then Stage 4 loadshedding will resume at 05:00 tomorrow morning until further notice”.
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Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town also updated it’s schedule until Friday – with no confirmation either regarding the Christmas long weekend.
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City of Cape Town electricity customers are, at the time of publishing, on Stage 3 load shedding which will continue until 22:00 on Friday.
Stage 4 will then kick in 22:00 and continue until 05:00 on Saturday.
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Friday, 23 December
Stage 3: 05:00 – 22:00
Stage 4: 22:00 – 05:00
Bookmark THIS page for more load shedding updates.
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