Due to improved generation capacity at Eskom, Cape Town’s loadshedding schedule will be suspended during the daytime peak period on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, while the rest of the country tussles with Stage 1.
Cape Town loadshedding schedule for Tuesday, 6 June 2023
On Sunday, Eskom confirmed loadshedding would be rolled out in lower stages during the day “due to the lower demand and improved available generation capacity.”
The power utility explained that on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, rotational blackouts will switch between Stage 1 during the day and Stage 4 in the evenings until further notice.
“The team is working tirelessly to ensure that generating units are returned to service as soon as possible ,” the power utility wrote.
For Eskom clients, Stage 1 loadshedding will be in effect from 05:00 until 16:00. Thereafter, outages will escalate to Stage 4 until 05:00 the next day.
City of Cape Town clients, on the other hand, will not experience Stage 1 loadshedding. In fact, barring no further unexpected news from Megawatt Park, City clients will only undergo Stage 4 loadshedding at 20:00, on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, and every evening thereafter in this current pattern.
The City confirmed loadshedding will be suspended between 05:00 and 16:00. Thereafter, loadshedding will be hiked to Stage 4 and be in place from 22:00 until 05:00 the next day.
“We are doing all we can to protect you where possible, but non-stop load-shedding at high stages impacts our ability to protect,” the City wrote.
Here’s a look at the Cape Town loadshedding schedule for Tuesday, 6 June 2023:
| Time | Cape Town | Eskom |
| 05:00 – 16:00 | No loadshedding | Stage 1 |
| 16:00 – 22:00 | No loadshedding | Stage 4 |
| 20:00 – 05:00 | Stage 4 | Stage 4 |
How to check your loadshedding schedule
In Cape Town, loadshedding is implemented rotationally in zones split between 23 areas.
Areas 1 – 16 follow the City of Cape Town’s loadshedding schedule, while Areas 17 – 23 adhere to Eskom’s national outage timetable.
To check the latest outage status, refer to the schedule for the loadshedding stage announced; dates indicated along the top (left to right), with the corresponding affected areas for that day and time slots (from top to bottom).
Here’s how City of Cape Town lowers loadshedding stages
The City of Cape Town has its Steenbras Pumped Storage Plant to thank for the delayed implementation of increased power cuts. The hydro-electric pumped power station is the first of its kind in Africa and in 2019, it was refurbished to provide auxiliary support when needed most.
Currently, the City of Cape Town is the only metro able to provide a semblance of relief to households impacted by loadshedding. Using the hydroelectric pumped power plant, residents connected to the City’s grid experience a lower stage of loadshedding, where possible.
Here’s how the Steenbras Pumped Storage plant works:
- Electricity generated during off-peak periods pumps water to an upper storage reservoir
- The down-flowing water is then used to power a generator
- Small hydro-generators like the one at Steenbras Dam mean that the City can sometimes avoid loadshedding or stay at a lower stage.