Stage three load shedding for the weekend

AS of 9am today (Saturday), Eskom has implemented stage three load shedding until 5am Monday morning.
Stage two load shedding came into effect at 9pm last night and was upped to stage three in a bid to replenish emergency reserves.
Eskom said diesel reserves for open-cycle gas turbines and water reserves for the hydro-pumped storage schemes were used extensively yesterday and last night to supplement the shortage of capacity.
Unplanned outages are high, at 10 612MW, the system is vulnerable and any change to the system may require a shift in load shedding stage.
For the latest load shedding schedule, visit either the Eskom load shedding website or the municipal schedule.