Eskom will kick off the new week with Stage 4 loadshedding from Sunday afternoon until Monday, 13 March 2023, and things should get worse from there.
UPDATE: On Friday, 17 March 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will be downgraded to Stage 2 until further notice, “due to improvements in the generation capacity over the past 24 hours.”
See the updated loadshedding schedule below:
UPDATE: On Tuesday, 14 March 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will be downgraded to Stage 3 during the morning peak period on Wednesday and upgraded to Stage 4 in the evenings.
“This pattern will continue as illustrated, until further notice,” Eskom said.
As of Tuesday, 14 March 2022, breakdowns amounted to:
- 13 949MW (unplanned) – down 3 059MW from Sunday, 12 March 2023
- 4 322MW (planned maintenance) – down 278MW from Sunday, 12 March 2023
See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
UPDATE: On Monday, 13 March 2023, Eskom cancelled Stage 5 loadshedding “due to some recovery in the generation capacity over the past 24 hours.”
“Stage 4 loadshedding will continue until further notice. Eskom will provide an update as soon as any significant changes occur,” the power utility noted.
See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
Here’s the loadshedding schedule for week of Monday, 13 March 202
The national electricity supplier confirmed in a statement that escalated outages would rise to Stage 4 from 16:00 on Sunday until the same time on Monday, 13 March 2023.
Thereafter, rotational blackouts will be increased to Stage 5 until 05:00 on Tuesday, 14 March 2023. While more updates are expected, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will switch between Stage 4 during the day (05:00 – 16:00) and Stage 5 on evening peak periods (16:00 – 05:00) until further notice.
Despite a generating unit returning to service at Arnot Power Station, further losses that crippled the grid were reported at Kriel, Medupi and Tutuka power stations in the past 24 hours.
“The return to service of a generating unit each at Duvha, Medupi, Tutuka and two units at Hendrina power stations are delayed,” Eskom revealed.
Perhaps, if repair works to damaged towers at Cahora Bassa, Mozambique, are completed early this coming week, then loadshedding could be reduced.
As of Sunday, 12 March 2022, breakdowns amounted to:
- 17 008MW (unplanned) – down 332MW from Monday, 6 March 2023
- 4 600MW (planned maintenance) – down 1 054MW from Monday, 6 March 2023
Here is the official loadshedding schedule:
| Date | Morning Peak (05:00 – 16:00) | Evening Peak (16:00 – 05:00) |
| Monday 13 March 2023 | Stage 4 | Stage 4 |
| Tuesday 14 March 2023 | Stage 4 | Stage 4 |
| Wednesday 15 March 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
| Thursday 16 March 2023 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
| Friday 17 March 2023 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 |
| Saturday 18 March 2023 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 |
| Sunday 19 March 2023 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 |
Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: