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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will ease to stage 2 this weekend and will continue at this level until further notice.<\/p>\n

Due to the anticipated lower weekend electricity demand and the need to replenish emergency reserves in preparation for the week ahead, load shedding will be reduced to Stage 2 from 05h00 on Saturday, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEskom will closely monitor the power system and communicate should it be required.\u201d<\/p>\n

Load shedding on Friday will continue at stage 3, as previously announced.<\/p>\n

Friday, 2 February<\/b><\/p>\n

Stage 3: until 00h00<\/p>\n

Saturday, 3 February<\/p>\n

Stage 3: 00h00 to 05h00<\/p>\n

Stage 2: 05h00 to 00h00<\/p>\n

Sunday, 4 February<\/b><\/p>\n

Stage 2: 00h00 to 00h00<\/p>\n

Schedules<\/b><\/p>\n

For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n

City of Johannesburg<\/p>\n

City of Ekurhuleni<\/p>\n

City of Tshwane<\/p>\n

City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/p>\n

Nelson Mandela Bay<\/p>\n

eThekwini<\/p>\n

Manguang<\/p>\n

Buffalo City<\/p>\n

For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/p>\n

Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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