Eskom will kick off the week of Monday, 17 April 2023, with Stage 6 loadshedding. Here’s an early snapshot of this week’s schedule.
UPDATE: On Sunday, 23 April 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will maintain the current Stage 3-4 pattern well into the early start of the new week. This, the utility revealed, is “due to a slight improvement in the available generation capacity.”
UPDATE: On Friday 21 April 2023, Eskom published the weekend’s loadshedding schedule, which sees rotational outages reduced to Stages 3 and 4 until Monday, 24 April 2023.
See the updated loadshedding schedule below:
UPDATE: On Friday, 21 April 2023, Eskom confirmed Stage 6 loadshedding would resume from 05:00 until further notice “due to failures of generating units at Tutuka, Kriel, Duvha and Kendal power stations since yesterday.”
See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
UPDATE: On Wednesday, 19 April 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will continue with the pattern of Stage 6 during evening peak periods and Stage 5 between 05:00 and 16:00 “until further notice.”
See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
UPDATE: On Monday, 17 April 2023, Eskom confirmed Stage 6 loadshedding will resume during evening peak periods this week, while between 05:00 and 16:00, rotational outages will be held at Stage 5.
The embattled electricity supplier indicated this pattern will remain in place until a further update is released.
As of Monday, 17 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:
- 17 325MW –down 156MW from Sunday, 16 April 2023
- 5 457MW – down 200MW from Sunday, 16 April 2023
See the update loadshedding schedule below.
Here’s the loadshedding schedule for week of Monday, 17 April 2023
The troubled power utility revealed in a statement, on Sunday, that rotational outages will remain heightened for the most part of this week “due to a shortage in generation capacity.”
The national electricity supplier explained significant breakdowns at Kriel and Koeberg power stations contributed to the strained capacity.
“Two generating units at Kriel, as well as one unit at Koeberg power stations were taken offline for repairs. The delays in returning a unit to service at Kendal, Kriel, Medupi and Tutuka power stations have contributed to the capacity constraints and the team is working around the clock to ensure that these are returned to services soon as possible,” Eskom said.
As of Sunday, 16 April 2023, breakdowns amounted to:
- 17 481MW – up 709MW from Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- 5 657MW – down 150MW from Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Here is the official loadshedding schedule:
| Date | Morning Peak (05:00 – 16:00) | Evening Peak (16:00 – 05:00) |
| Monday 17 April 2023 | Stage 6 | Stage 6 |
| Tuesday 18 April 2023 | Stage 6 | Stage 6 |
| Wednesday 19 April 2023 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 |
| Thursday 20 April 2023 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 |
| Friday 21 April 2023 | Stage 6 | Stage 6 |
| Saturday 22 April 2023 | Stage 3* | Stage 4* |
| Sunday 23 April 2023 | Stage 3* | Stage 4* |
Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: