Eskom will kick off the week of Monday, 10 April 2023, with suspended loadshedding, raising hopes of reduced rotational power outages.
UPDATE: On Wednesday, 12 April 2022, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will rotate between Stage 6 during evening peaks and Stage 5 from 05:00 until 16:00 until further notice, “due to a shortage in generation capacity.”
As of Wednesday, 12 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:
- 16 772MW –up 1 832MW from Monday, 10 April 2023
- 5 807MW –down 1 408MW from Monday, 10 April 2023
See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
UPDATE: On Monday, 10 April 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding would rise to Stage 3 from 17:00 until Tuesday late afternoon. Thereafter, rolling blackouts will increase to Stage 5 for the evening peak period before outages drop back to Stage 3 on the morning of Wednesday, 12 April 2023.
The national electricity supplier explained the decision to increase loadshedding, despite lower breakdowns since the last report (see below), was in anticipation of “the expected increase in demand after the Easter weekend.”
As of Monday, 10 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:
- 14 940MW – down 1 705MW from Wednesday, 5 April 2023
- 7 215MW – up 815MW from Wednesday, 5 April 2023
See the updated loadshedding schedule below:
Here’s the loadshedding schedule for week of Monday, 10 April 2023
In a statement released on Sunday, 9 April 2023, the national electricity supplier confirmed loadshedding would be suspended until 16:00 on Monday.
It remains unclear how long this relief will last since Eskom will only provide an update on the rest of the week’s loadshedding schedule on Monday afternoon.
According to statistics captured at 18:45 on Sunday, this was the snapshot of South Africa’s energy availability:
- Eskom availability: 24 616MW
- Total demand: 25 053MW
- Loadshedding: 1 679MW
- Renewable generation: 1 572MW
- IPP (independent power producers) Availability: 1 014MW
- Open-cycle gas turbines utilised: 6
As of Wednesday, 5 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:
- 16 644MW – up 1 496MW from Sunday, 2 April 2023
- 6 400MW – down 1 017MW from Sunday, 2 April 2023
Here is the official loadshedding schedule:
| Date | Morning Peak (05:00 – 16:00) | Evening Peak (16:00 – 05:00) |
| Monday 10 April 2023 | Suspended | Stage 3 |
| Tuesday 11 April 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 5 |
| Wednesday 12 April 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 5 |
| Thursday 13 April 2023 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 |
| Friday 14 April 2023 | Stage 6 | Stage 6 |
| Saturday 15 April 2023 | Stage 6 | Stage 6 |
| Sunday 16 April 2023 | Stage 6 | Stage 6 |
Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: