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Eskom City of Cape Town
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City of Cape Town post load shedding update for Monday: It’s NOT great news!

City of Cape Town
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City of Cape Town mum on load shedding for the week: Fear the worst!

Stage 8 load shedding
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Eskom plunges South Africa into the dark this weekend: Get the schedule HERE

Eskom City of Cape Town
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City of Cape Town post load shedding update for Monday: It’s NOT great news!

City of Cape Town
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City of Cape Town mum on load shedding for the week: Fear the worst!

Stage 8 load shedding
News

Eskom plunges South Africa into the dark this weekend: Get the schedule HERE

Stage 8 load shedding
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Eskom load shedding: It’s a Stage 6 horror show!

By Garrin Lambley11-01-2023 08:07

Power utility Eskom pushed load shedding to Stage 6 on Tuesday – and the immediate future looks bleak – and dark too!

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Monday, 9 January 2023
News

Andre de Ruyter opens criminal case over alleged poisoning

By Thabo Baloyi08-01-2023 13:34

Just a day after resigning as Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter got cyanide poisoning after his coffee was reportedly laced

Eskom load shedding
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Eskom load shedding UPDATE: Plan your weekend around the darkness

By Garrin Lambley06-01-2023 07:11

Power utility Eskom pushed load shedding to Stage 4 on Thursday, following ongoing delays in getting power back online.

City of Cape Town load shedding
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City of Cape Town confirms load shedding plan after Eskom heaps more misery on SA

By Garrin Lambley04-01-2023 17:15

Eskom implemented Stage 3 load shedding on Wednesday, 4 January until further notice in another blow for suffering South Africans.

Stage 8 load shedding
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Eskom’s load shedding plan for Wednesday, 4 January 2023

By Garrin Lambley04-01-2023 08:44

Eskom says that it is unable to keep the lights on into the new year and that load shedding will continue on Stage 2 until further notice.

Stage 8 load shedding
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Eskom’s load shedding plan for Tuesday, 3 January 2023

By Garrin Lambley03-01-2023 10:18

Eskom says that it is unable to keep the lights on into the new year and that load shedding will continue on Stage 2 until further notice.

eskom load shedding
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REMINDER: Eskom’s load shedding plan for New Year’s day

By Garrin Lambley01-01-2023 11:01

Eskom says that it is unable to keep the lights on into the new year and that load shedding will continue on Stage 2 until further notice.

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Eskom drops bombshell: It’s LIGHTS OUT on New Year’s Eve!

By Garrin Lambley31-12-2022 16:09

Eskom says that it is unable to keep the lights on into the new year and that load shedding will no longer be suspended on Saturday.

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REMINDER: Eskom’s load shedding plan for New Year’s Eve

By Garrin Lambley31-12-2022 10:50

Power utility Eskom has outlined its load shedding plans for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day – and there’s some good news.

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BREAKING: Eskom confirms load shedding plan for New Year’s Eve

By Garrin Lambley30-12-2022 19:25

Power utility Eskom has outlined its load shedding plans for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day – and there’s some good news.

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Eskom load shedding: Mzansi fearing the worst for New Year’s Eve

By Garrin Lambley30-12-2022 08:12

Eskom has yet to provide an update on its load shedding plan for the upcoming long weekend which includes New Year’s Eve.

Eskom load shedding
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Eskom’s load shedding just got WORSE – here’s the latest schedule

By Garrin Lambley28-12-2022 17:23

Eskom has announced that load shedding will be pushed to Stage 4 on Wednesday, following the breakdown of more units at its power stations.

Eskom load shedding
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Eskom’s load shedding plan for the final week of 2022

By Garrin Lambley28-12-2022 08:56

Eskom has announced that load shedding will alternate between Stage 2 and Stage 3 until further notice. Good luck out there Mzansi!

Eskom load shedding
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Load shedding on Tuesday’s public holiday: When you’ll be in the dark

By Garrin Lambley27-12-2022 08:16

Power utility Eskom has confirmed that load shedding will be in operation on Tuesday’s extra public holiday – and until further notice.

Eskom City of Cape Town
News

Load shedding on Boxing Day: When you’ll be eating Christmas leftovers in the dark

By Garrin Lambley26-12-2022 11:06

Eskom confirmed that load shedding would be suspended on Christmas day, but is back in operation on Boxing Day, Monday, 26 December.

City of Cape Town load shedding
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City of Cape Town sheds light on Christmas day lunch, BUT …

By Garrin Lambley24-12-2022 18:12

Eskom has confirmed that load shedding will be suspended on Christmas day, but this will only be possible as long as demand stays low.

eskom load shedding
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Load shedding SUSPENDED for Christmas day BUT back on Boxing Day

By Garrin Lambley24-12-2022 18:04

Power utility Eskom has confirmed that load shedding will be suspended on Christmas day, but shall return on Boxing Day.

Christmas lunch Eskom
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Eskom load shedding set to ruin Christmas lunch: NO sign of lights

By Garrin Lambley23-12-2022 10:21

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.

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Eskom load shedding threatens to spoil Christmas lunch!

By Garrin Lambley22-12-2022 17:55

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.

Nando's
Lifestyle

Roasts all year-round: 5 Funny Nando’s tweets of 2022

By Megan van den Heever21-12-2022 22:45

Flame-grilled chicken with a side of roast-worthy tweets: Here are Nando’s funniest social media posts of 2022…

City of Cape Town load shedding
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City of Cape Town confirms load shedding plan for Monday, 19 December

By Garrin Lambley19-12-2022 07:44

Power utility Eskom reduced load shedding to Stage 5 early on Monday morning, with plans to move to Stage 4 by Tuesday.

NWERSA Eskom
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City of Cape Town confirms load shedding plan as Eskom moves to Stage 6

By Garrin Lambley16-12-2022 13:40

Eskom delivered bad news on Friday at the start of the long weekend in SA, confirming that Stage 6 load shedding had been implemented.

NWERSA Eskom
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Eskom implements Stage 6 load shedding as Mzansi goes dark for long weekend

By Garrin Lambley16-12-2022 08:59

Eskom has delivered the worst news at the start of the long weekend in SA, confirming that Stage 6 load shedding has been implemented.

Nando's
Lifestyle

Nando’s fires shots at Eskom again: ‘Ke Dezemba no boss?’

By Megan van den Heever15-12-2022 21:31

Throwing shade – even in the dark! Take a look at Nando’s cheeky swipe at energy supplier Eskom and it’s former boss Andre De Ruyter …

Eskom
Lifestyle

‘Thank you for trying’: Madiba’s PA blasted for praising Eskom boss

By Megan van den Heever15-12-2022 07:53

‘White people stick together’: Zelda La Grange has been dragged by tweeps after she thanked Eskom boss Andre De Ruyter for his work.

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