Loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 5 February 2024

Here's a look at this week's loadshedding schedule.

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Eskom has published an outlook of the loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 5 February 2024.

UPDATE: On Saturday, 10 February 2024, Eskom made changes to the loadshedding schedule. See the updates below.

Here’s the loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 5 February 2024

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On Sunday, Eskom confirmed the new week would kick off with a patterned schedule.

In a statement, the struggling utility explained that “due to constrained emergency reserves,” rotational blackouts would rotate between Stage 2 during the daytime (05:00 – 16:00) and Stage 3 in the evenings (16:00 – 05:00).

“Eskom will communicate should any significant changes occur,” the statement read.

As of Sunday, 28 February 2024, breakdowns amounted to:

  • 14 341MW – down 2 132MW from Sunday, 28 January 2024
  • 7 931MW – up 410MW from Sunday, 28 January 2024

Here is the official loadshedding schedule:

Date00:00 –
05:00		05:00 –
16:00		16:00 –
22:00		22:00 –
00:00
Mon
5 Feb 24		Stage 2Stage 2Stage 2Stage 3
Tues
6 Feb 24		Stage 3Stage 2Stage 1Stage 3
Wed
7 Feb 24		Stage 2Stage 2Stage 2Stage 2
Thurs
8 Feb 24		Stage 2Stage 2Stage 2Stage 3*
00:00 –
02:00		02:00 –
05:00		05:00 –
16:00		16:00 –
00:00
Friday
9 Feb 24		Stage 3Stage 4Stage 4Stage 4
Sat
10 Feb 24		Stage 6Stage 6Stage 6*Stage 6*
Sun
11 Feb 24		Stage 6*Stage 6*Stage 6*Stage 6*
*Loadshedding schedule subject to change at short notice. Updated stages are highlighted in bold.

Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: