Get your weekend loadshedding schedule here

After almost a week of loadshedding, Eskom downgraded rolling blackouts to stage 2 at 5am this morning.

Stage 2 loadshedding is expected to run until Monday morning at 5am at which point loadshedding is expected to be cancelled.

Loadshedding started on Monday when several units failed at Eskom, plunging the state-owned utility into a frenzy to return units to service.

Emergency generation reserves were however extensively used at the utility providers power stations and by Thursday these had improved sufficiently to allow for a reduction in the stage of loadshedding.

Generation units at Matla, Medupi, Kusile and Camden power stations were returned to service.

Breakdowns amount to almost 14 000MW and planned maintenance loss of capacity sits at more than 7 000MW.

Get your times here:

Ballito

Friday – concluded

Saturday: 8am to 10.30am and again from 4pm to 6.30pm

Sunday: 2pm to 4.30pm and again from 10pm to 00.30am

Monday: No loadshedding expected

Stanger

Friday – concluded

Saturday: Midnight to 2.30am and again from 8am to 10.30am

Sunday: 6am to 8.30am and again from 2pm to 4.30pm

Monday: No loadshedding expected.

Mandini

Friday: 10am to 12.30pm

Saturday: 10am to 12.30pm and again from 6pm to 8.30pm

Sunday: 4pm to 6.30pm

Monday: Midnight to 2.30am

Tongaat Beach

Friday: 8pm to 10pm

Saturday: 6am to 8am

Sunday: 4pm to 6pm

Monday: 4am to 5am

Tongaat CBD

Friday: 8pm to 10pm

Saturday: 6am to 8am

Sunday: 4pm to 6pm

Monday: 4am to 5am

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