The load shedding timetable starts when there is a formal announcement from eskom. this is a monthly time table for eskom customers applicable for all months of the year. e.g. if you are scheduled from 16:00 to 20:30, but load shedding is declared at 17h00, you will only be load shed from 17h00 to 20h30.. With the revised load shedding schedule, there will be 48.5 hours of power cut per week with adjusted timetable for the power cut in the morning and evening in view of public convenience.. The risk of stage 1 load shedding remains high on monday 10 december, as eskom begins to reactivate previously defunct power units. south africans were afforded a slight reprieve this past weekend..
Last week saw the abrupt return of load shedding to the daily vocabulary of south africans. load shedding is done to protect the national power system from tripping.. The weekend is likely to be a candlelit affair for many south africans after eskom announced that load shedding was the likely scenario after 17:00 on saturday. click here for the full story. to check the load-shedding schedule in your area, click here.. Stage 4 will double the frequency of stage 2, which means you will be scheduled for load shedding 12 times over a four day period for two hours at a time, or 12 times over an eight day period for four hours at a time..
