Eskom has announced that load shedding will be reduced to Stage 4 from this hour until 5am on Saturday morning. Stage 3 will be implemented from 5am tomorrow morning until 4pm. From there on stage 4 will be implemented in the evening hours.
Loadshedding will be maintained at #Stage4 for this and tomorrow evenings at 16:00 – 05:00. Loadshedding will be lowered to Stage 3 at 05:00 – 16:00 on Saturday and further reduced to Stage 2 on Sunday morning. A full statement will be published on Sunday.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) January 20, 2023
Eskom spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha says a full statement will be published on Sunday
“Loadshedding will be maintained at Stage 4 for this and tomorrow evenings at 16:00 – 05:00. Load shedding will be lowered to Stage 3 at 05:00 – 16:00 on Saturday and further reduced to Stage 2 on Sunday morning. A full statement will be published on Sunday.”
Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa is consulting widely with different stakeholders to address the country’s dire energy crisis.
Ramaphosa convened a meeting with leaders of political parties, the National Energy Crisis Committee and the Eskom board last Sunday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa discusses SA’s electricity crisis with several political parties leaders:16 January 2023
This was followed by another round of consultations with labour, business and interfaith groups.