Eskom load shedding to drop to stage 2 from 8am to 10pm

In a statement on Wednesday night, power utility Eskom announced that it would need to cut 2,000MW from the national grid throughout Thursday, starting at 8am.

They had earlier in the week implemented stages 4 and 3,  but were able to slightly improve the situation by having replenished diesel and water reserves.

They returned one unit to service, meaning load shedding would be at stage 2. Please check your local load shedding schedules to see how you will be affected.

The statement added that the strike by labour federation Cosatu had not impacted them, although the power grid remained vulnerable and the situation could escalate on Thursday.

#POWERALERT 2
Date: 13 February 2019

Eskom will implement Stage 2 rotational loadshedding from 08h00 until 22h00 on
Thursday @CityPowerJhb @City_Ekurhuleni @CityofCT @CityTshwane @eThekwiniM @SABCNewsOnline @IOL @ewnupdates @News24 @TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/uJ1fI1zdja

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) February 13, 2019

While Stage 4 load shedding can mean blackouts with no warning and outside of the usual schedule, during Stage 2 the power utility should stick to the schedule, which can be found here if you get your power directly from Eskom.

For Johannesburg schedules, see the City Power website here.

For Tshwane, see here.

For Cape Town, see here.

For Durban and its surrounds, see here.

For Bloemfontein and its surrounds, see here.

(Edited by Charles Cilliers)

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