Eskom has announced that stage 3 loadshedding will continue until 5am tomorrow (Friday) morning, after which stage 3 and then stage 2 will again be implemented over the weekend.

Stage 3 is back from 4pm tomorrow afternoon and will last until 5am on Saturday morning, after which stage 2 will be in place until 5am on Monday morning.

Eskom will publish a further update on Sunday, or as soon as any further significant changes occur.

Breakdowns of five generating units overnight, two of which have returned to service, have exacerbated current generation capacity shortages, forcing the escalation of loadshedding.

Since this morning a generation unit each at Arnot and Kriel power stations have been returned to service.

Two generation units at Kendal and one at Kusile power stations were taken offline for repairs.

Eskom said it currently has 5 146MW on planned maintenance, while another 16 434MW of capacity is unavailable owing to breakdowns.

Find you local loadshedding times below:

Stanger Northern Grid

• Thursday: 9pm-11.30pm.
• Friday: 3am-5am.
• Saturday: 11am-1.30pm, 7pm-9.30pm.
• Sunday: 7pm-9.30pm.
• Monday: 3am-5am.

Ballito Southern Grid

• Thursday: 1pm-3.30pm.
• Friday: 3am-5am, 7pm-9.30pm.
• Saturday: 7pm-9.30pm.
• Sunday: 3am-5.30am.
• Monday: 3am-5am.

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