All load shedding schedules for Gauteng, Cape Town, and Durban – Sunday 16 May

Hello darkness, our old friend. Stage 2 load shedding is back with a bang on Sunday, and the lights have already started going out across South Africa – Eskom gave us just five minutes’ notice before pulling the plug this evening. We’ve got the schedule breakdown for Gauteng, Cape Town, and Durban here for 16 May.

CHECK YOUR ESKOM SCHEDULES ON SUNDAY 16 MAY

GAUTENG LATEST:

LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE FOR JOHANNESBURG

• – Go to the City Power homepage and type in your suburb.
• – This will give a direct update on when load shedding is expected for you and your regional community.
• – You can also get a weekly on monthly overview by using this calendar. It’s easily done!
• – Of course, if you have your block number memorised, you can check-in with City Power’s Twitter updates.

#Update#Loadshedding

Loadsheding stage 2 will be implemented, today from 17h00 until 22:00 as per Eskom.

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— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) May 16, 2021

LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE FOR PRETORIA / TSHWANE

• – Both cities in Gauteng have similar systems…
• – Pretorians can find their load shedding group by consulting this list. It’s an easy way to prepare for power cuts.
• – You can view this schedule to tell you exactly when your suburb will get load shedding, on each day of the month.
• – Already know you’re numbered group? Cracking – you can get your updates from the City of Tshwane’s Twitter.

Stage2 #LoadShedding Schedule:
16 May 2021

17h00-18h30: Group 16 and 4
18h00- 20h30: Group 1 and 5
20h00-22h00: Group 2 and 6

— City of Tshwane (@CityTshwane) May 16, 2021

LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE FOR CAPE TOWN:

• – Find what ‘block’ you live in, by using this map.
• – Once you’ve identified which block you’re in, consult the table which features below.
• – Find the correct date, scroll down, and identify which time period your block appears in.
• – On some occasions, the City of Cape Town has a slightly altered load shedding schedule…
• – For tonight, there will be NO load shedding for City-supplied customers tonight until 22:00.
• – But, after 22:00, City customers will be on the same stage as Eskom customers until 06:00 on 17 May

LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE FOR DURBAN:

• – You know the drill, find your block on this list.
• – Double-check the city’s official schedule. Hey presto, you’ve done it!
• – You can also follow the eThekwini Municipality’s Twitter account for live updates.