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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Power utility Eskom says load shedding will be reduced to stage 2 indefinitely due to the expected lower demand over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue 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 05:00 on Saturday until further notice,\u201d said Eskom<\/p>\n

It added that it would closely monitor the power system and communicate should it be required.<\/p>\n

Schedules<\/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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