On the week of Monday, 5 June 2023, Eskom expects to keep the loadshedding schedule rotating between a pattern of Stages 1 and 4.
UPDATE 3: On Friday, 9 June 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will remain at Stage 3 from 16:00 until midnight. Thereafter, rotational outages will be reduced to Stage 1 during the day, and Stage 4 in the evening. The same applies for Sunday, 11 June 2023. See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
UPDATE 2: At 14:25PM on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, Eskom confirmed loadshedding will be suspended between midnight and 16:00 from Wednesday. Moreover, “due to further improvement on the available generation capacity,” rotational outages will be reduced to Stage 3 during evening peak periods. See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
UPDATE: On Tuesday, 6 June 2023, Eskom suspended loadshedding between 08:00 and 16:00 “due to an improvement in available generation capacity.” See the updated loadshedding schedule below.
Here’s the loadshedding schedule for week of Monday, 5 June 2023
In fact, barring no unforeseen breakdowns, loadshedding could be suspended between 05:00 and 16:00 on Monday, 5 June 2023, following a bout of Stage 2 outages on Sunday evening.
Thereafter, the power utility noted in a statement, rotational outages will likely rotate between Stage 1 during daytime peak periods and Stage 4 in the evenings until Wednesday, 7 June 2023.
Capacity constraints continue to plague the national electricity supplier who, on Sunday, reported unplanned breakdowns amounted to more than 15 846MW, about 846MW above the 15 00MW target set by Eskom in its winter plan.
“Over the past 24 hours, a generation unit each at Kendal, Kriel, Matla and two generating units at Lethabo power stations were returned to service. Cahora Bassa was returned to service during the same period after a failure on Friday afternoon,” Eskom explained.
The power utility assured South Africans that “the team is working tirelessly to ensure that generating units are returned to service as soon as possible.”
Here’s a snapshot of Eskom’s energy availability, captured at 18:18 on Saturday, 3 June 2023.
- Eskom availability: 28 713MW
- Loadshedding: 3 978MW
- Total demand: 29 092MW
- Number of OCGTs and GTs utilised: 0
- Renewable gen: 1 502MW
- IPP availability (Dispatchable): 1 014MW
- RES – Wind: 1 283MW
- CSP: 219MW
As of Sunday, 4 June 2023, breakdowns amounted to:
- 15 846MW – down 2017MW from Monday, 29 May 2023
- 2 239MW – down 198MW from Monday, 29 May 2023
Here is the official loadshedding schedule:
| Date | Morning Peak (00:00 – 16:00) | Evening Peak (16:00 – 00:00) |
| Monday 5 June 2023 | No loadshedding | Stage 4 |
| Tuesday 6 June 2023 | No loadshedding | Stage 3* |
| Wednesday 7 June 2023 | No loadshedding* | Stage 3* |
| Thursday 8 June 2023 | No loadshedding* | Stage 3* |
| Friday 9 June 2023 | No loadshedding* | Stage 3* |
| Saturday 10 June 2023 | Stage 1 | Stage 4 |
| Sunday 11 June 2023 | Stage 1 | Stage 4 |
Readers from these metros can check the latest loadshedding schedule below: