South Africa
Load-shedding suspended where possible over the weekend─── 06:30 Sat, 18 Mar 2023
Due to some recovery in generation capacity over the past 48 hours and lower expected demand, load-shedding will be reduced to Stage 1 from 05:00 on Saturday until 16:00.
Thereafter, load-shedding will be increased to Stage 2 until 05:00 on Sunday. Load-shedding will be suspended on Sunday between 05:00 and 16:00.
Stage 1 load-shedding will be implemented from 16:00 on Sunday until 16:00 on Monday. Stage 2 load-shedding will be in force from 16:00 on Monday until 05:00 on Tuesday.
Load-shedding will then again be suspended from 05:00 on Tuesday until 16:00, thereafter Stage 2 will be implemented until further notice.
Breakdowns are currently at 14 256MW of generating capacity while 4 765MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance. The lower expected weekend demand has allowed Eskom to reduce the required stages of load-shedding and suspend where possible.
During the last 24 hours, a generating unit each at Camden and two units at Hendrina power stations were taken offline for repairs.
Eskom has thanked all South Africans for continuing to use electricity sparingly to help alleviate the pressure on the power system.
