Load Shedding Schedule 2025-2026 | Eskom, Johannesburg, Durban, Ekurhuleni

We are pleased to inform you about the Load Shedding Schedule 2025-2026 |Eskom, Johannesburg, Durban, Ekurhuleni & City Power

Please note that the information contained in this section is made up of a combination of links to municipalities or metros that provide their own schedules, and in some instances load shedding scheduled developed by Eskom for certain areas or municipalities.  The example below is for a municipality supplied directly by Eskom.

If your municipality is not available in this section, please visit the Eskom Loadshedding site -load-shedding.eskom.co.za

How to read/understand the schedules.

Example:      Municipality = Naledi, Town = Wepener

Please note that all shaded areas will be times when the power will be off. Schedules are cumulative, i.e. stage 3 will include the times as scheduled for the preceding stages 1 and 2.​

E.g. of how to read the schedule (i.e. example date and blocks shed)
If load shedding is declared for the 1st of month in this example then someone in  Blouberg, Alldays Dorp would look at the corresponding date (as depicted in the picture below):
– if Eskom declared Stage 1, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 03:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 2, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 03:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 3, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 03:30 AND 17:00 – 19:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 4, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 03:30 AND 09:00 – 11:30 AND 17:00 – 19:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 5, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 05:30 AND 09:00 – 11:30 AND 17:00 – 19:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 6, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 05:30 AND 09:00 – 11:30 AND 17:00 – 19:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 7, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 05:30 AND 09:00 – 11:30 AND 17:00 – 21:30
– if Eskom declared Stage 8, this would mean he/she would be shed from 01:00 – 05:30 AND 09:00 – 13:30 AND 17:00 – 21:30
Notes:

  1. ​The load shedding timetable starts when there is a formal announcement from Eskom
  2. To check what the position is of load shedding at any time, go to loadshedding.eskom.co.za
  3. This is a monthly time table for load shedding.
  4. Load shedding will begin with the declaration from Eskom. If you are scheduled from 16:00 to 18:30, but loadshedding is declared at 17h00, you will only be load shed from 17h00 to 18h30.
  5. If you are scheduled on a lower stage and a higher stage is declared, then your current time slot will be included in the higher stage
 
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