Load shedding for Zululand

THE power system is projected to be severely constrained today and the rest of the week due to the loss of 1 800 MW at the Majuba power station.

This was caused by damage to the central coal storage silo yesterday afternoon.

As a result, Eskom will start implementing stage 1 of rotational load shedding from 8am until 10pm according to the published load shedding schedules available at https://loadshedding.eskom.co.za/ for Eskom customers.

A silo, which houses over 10 000 tons of coal, cracked impacting coal supplies to all six units at the power station resulting in the power station operating at reduced capacity of 1 300MW.Customers are urged to switch off pool pumps, turn air-conditioning to 23⁰C and to switch off geysers and unnecessary lights to limit the impact of the load shedding.

Eskom customers can contact the customer call centre on 0860 037 566.

Loadshedding schedule for uMhlathuze HERE