Eskom announces this week’s load-shedding schedule

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Eskom has unveiled the load-shedding schedule for Sunday, 30 April, until Wednesday, 3 May.

Stage 3 load-shedding will take place throughout Sunday evening and will reduce to Stage 1 on Monday morning.

The load-shedding schedules will then fluctuate between stages 2, 3, and 4 until the end of Wednesday 3 May.

The full schedule is detailed in the table below:

Load-shedding schedule for 30 April–3 May 2023 Date Day Day-time (05:00–16:00) Evening (16:00–05:00)

30 April 2023	Sunday	Stage 1	Stage 3
1 May 2023	Monday	Stage 1	Stage 3
2 May 2023	Tuesday	Stage 2	Stage 4
3 May 2023	Wednesday	Stage 2	Stage 4

Eskom will provide further guidance regarding the load-shedding schedules for Thursday and beyond, later in the week.

Outages

Eskom noted that breakdowns are currently at 17,702MW of generating capacity, while the capacity that is out of service for planned maintenance stands at 3,702MW.

Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit at each of Grootvlei and Lethabo power stations were taken offline for repairs, and there were delays in returning a unit to service at each of Arnot, Duvha, Kriel, and Lethabo power stations.

“The team is working around the clock to ensure that generating units are returned to service as soon as possible,” said Eskom.

In the same period, a generating unit each at Matla and Medupi power stations have been returned to service.

“We thank those South Africans who do heed the call to use electricity sparingly and efficiently in helping to alleviate the pressure on the power system, as this is assisting in avoiding higher stages of loadshedding.”