The Mother City has been nominated in nine categories in this year’s World Travel Awards. Image: Pexels.
Eskom has updated its load shedding schedules for Sunday, 5 March as well as early on Monday, as has the City of Cape Town.
The Mother City has been nominated in nine categories in this year’s World Travel Awards. Image: Pexels.
Eskom has updated its load shedding schedules for Sunday, 5 March as well as early on Monday, as has the City of Cape Town.
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The power utility in a tweet stated that Stage 2 load shedding will kick in at 05:00 on Sunday and run until 16:00 in the afternoon.
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Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from that point until 05:00 on Monday.
Eskom promised that a further update for the week ahead will be provided in due course.
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The City of Cape Town were quick to confirm their schedule following Eskom’s announcement – and it’s no different.
Sunday, 5 March
Stage 2: 05:00 – 16:00
Stage 3: 16:00 – 05:00
The City of Cape Town added: “We are doing all we can to protect you where possible, but non-stop load-shedding at high stages impacts our ability to protect.”
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Sunday, 5 March
Stage 2: 05h00 to 16h00
Stage 3: 16h00 to 00h00
Monday, 6 March
Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00
Stage TBD: 05h00 onwards
South Africans have suffered through 126 consecutive days – and counting – of load shedding since late October 2022.
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Here are six tips to mitigate against risks caused by load shedding: