load shedding Christmas Day

There is a very real chance that those cooking Christmas eve and / or Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark. Photo: Pixabay

Eskom load shedding threatens to spoil Christmas lunch!

There is a very real chance that those cooking Christmas eve and / or Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark.

load shedding Christmas Day

There is a very real chance that those cooking Christmas eve and / or Christmas day lunch and dinner will have to do so in the dark. Photo: Pixabay

There is a very real chance that those 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 late on Thursday, 22 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 Thursday.

Stage 4 will then kick in 22:00 and continue until 05:00 on Friday.

Friday will see Stage 3 between 05:00 and 22:00, followed by Stage 4 from 22:00 to 05:00 on Saturday.

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Thursday, 22 December
Stage 3: 05:00 – 22:00
Stage 4: 22:00 – 05:00

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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FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE MAJOR METROS, LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE BELOW: