South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday, 16 May 2023

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Load shedding for FRIDAY: Here’s the UPDATED schedule

Eskom said load shedding would be implemented on Friday as well as the weekend. Here is your UPDATED schedule.

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday, 16 May 2023

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 Photos: Stock/Canva

Eskom said load shedding Stage 2 and Stage 3 is planned for FRIDAY. Here is your UPDATED schedule.

HERE IS YOUR UPDATED LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY

This comes after the power utility earlier this week said the emergency reserves are almost depleted, both the diesel and pumped storage dam levels. The higher load shedding stages are required to help build up the emergency generation reserves during the week.

“Eskom will publish a further update as soon as any significant changes occur. During the weekend, the breakdown of the generating unit each at Duvha, Kriel and Medupi power stations, as well as the delayed returns of a generating unit each at Camden, Kusile, Komati, and Kendal power stations, have exacerbated current generation capacity shortages, forcing the escalation of load shedding.

“Eskom teams have returned a generating unit each at Grootvlei, Hendrina, Majuba, Malta and Tutuka power stations to service.”

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‘EMERGENCY RESERVES ARE ALMOST DEPLETED’

Eskom furthermore said it has 6 004 MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 961MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.

“Load shedding is implemented only as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to attend to breakdowns.”

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HERE ARE YOUR UPDATED SCHEDULES:

Schedule for Friday and the weekend:

Friday, 28 October

  • Stage 2 – 05h00 to 16h00
  • Stage 3 – 16h00 to 00h00

Saturday, 29 October

  • Stage 3 – 00h00 to 05h00
  • Stage 1 – 05h00 to 16h00
  • Stage 2 – 16h00 to 00h00

Sunday, 30 October

  • Stage 2 – 00h00 to 05h00
  • Stage 2 – 16h00 to 00h00

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

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