by admin | Feb 27, 2025 | Energy, Eskom, Industry News, Load shedding, News, South Africa, Stage 4, Stage 6
We feel as if we’ve stepped back in time what with the daily load shedding updates from Eskom. This time, however, we come bearing good news. After four days of non-stop power cuts, spanning Stages 2-6, Eskom has finally suspended load shedding, ending this week-long... by admin | Jan 12, 2023 | Load shedding, News, Other Tech News, South Africa, Stage 4, Stage 6
Stage 6 load shedding has returned to terrorize the country once again. Following a major breakdown across seven generating units yesterday, Eskom shoved the country to Stage 6 at 21:00 last night, with a return to Stage 4 at 05:00 this morning. Kick those hopes right... by admin | Dec 16, 2022 | City of Joburg, Eskom, Industry News, Load shedding, News, Other Tech News, Stage 4, Stage 5
It appears that if you ask Eskom nicely enough, it’ll turn off load shedding just for you. Well, that’s been the case for the City of Joburg. Following the City’s request earlier this week, Eskom has granted Joburg a three-day break from load shedding to perform some... by admin | Nov 19, 2022 | Eskom, Industry News, Load shedding, News, South Africa, Stage 4
After a week or so of calm – if you can call Stage 2 ‘calm’ – Eskom is back to its old ways. Stage 4 load shedding has been implemented indefinitely following major breakdowns around the country in the early hours of Friday. “Breakdowns amounting to 17 056MW of... by admin | Oct 19, 2022 | Eskom, Load shedding, News, stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Stage 6
Eskom has announced the latest load shedding schedule, and they’ve given us a glimpse of how much electricity we won’t be getting this week. Remember, this could change at any point. Generators trip and coal gets wet sometimes. We’re moving down the stages, though... by admin | Oct 19, 2022 | electricity, Eskom, Gas, GenTech, Load shedding, Load Shedidng, News, Other Tech News, petrol, solar, Stage 4, Stuff, Stuff SA
We knew it was only a matter of time, so we were prepared. After some slightly reduced stage 1 load shedding on Friday followed by an upgrade to stage 2 over the weekend, we’re back up to Stage 4 load shedding “until further notice”. The non-power utility announced...