Load shedding pushed to stage 6 – here’s the latest schedule

Power utility Eskom is escalating load shedding to stage 6 to replenish emergency reserves.

Stage 6 load shedding will kick in from 20h00 on Saturday until 05h00 on Sunday, after which stage 4 load shedding will continue until further notice.

However, the group warned that stage 6 load shedding may have to be implemented again on Sunday evening.

Saturday, 18 February

• Stage 4: until 20h00
• Stage 6: 20h00 to 00h00

Sunday, 19 February

• Stage 6: 00h00 to 05h00
• Stage 4: 05h00 until further notice

South Africans have experienced load shedding everyday of 2023 so far, and rolling blackouts have been implemented on a near permanent basis since Septemer 2022.

Schedules 

For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:

• City of Johannesburg
• City of Ekurhuleni 
• City of Tshwane 
• City of Cape Town (PDF)
• Nelson Mandela Bay
• eThekwini
• Manguang
• Buffalo City

For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.

Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.

Read: Eskom’s ‘quick fix’ to cut load shedding by 2 stages comes with a big catch

Load shedding pushed to stage 6 – here’s the latest schedule