Loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 9 October 2023

Eskom has published an outlook of the loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 9 October 2023.

UPDATE: On Saturday, 4 October 2023, Eskom made changes to the loadshedding schedule. See the updates below.

Here’s the loadshedding schedule starting Monday, 9 October 2023

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On Sunday, 8 October 2023, Eskom extended the temporary suspension of loadshedding to 16:00 on Monday, “owing to improved generation performance.” 

From 16:00, rotational outages are expected to return with Stage 2 until 05:00 on Tuesday, 10 October 2023.

Thereafter, loadshedding will likely rotate between suspended outages during daytime periods (05:00 – 16:00) and Stage 2 in the evenings.

“Eskom will communicate should any significant changes occur,” the utility noted.

Here’s a snapshot of Eskom’s energy availability, captured on Thursday, 12 October 2023.

As of Friday, 13 October 2023, breakdowns amounted to:

• 12 983MW – up 1 401MW from Monday, 2 October 2023
• 5 388MW – up 1 122MW from Monday, 2 October 2023

Here is the official loadshedding schedule:

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

• City of Johannesburg
• City of Ekurhuleni 
• City of Tshwane 
• City of Cape Town
• Nelson Mandela Bay
• eThekwini
• Manguang
• Buffalo City