How to figure out when your power will be cut in Cape Town with the 2014 load shedding schedules from Eskom

To figure out when your power will be cut…  follow these easy steps:

Step 1) Go to the Eskom page and see what “Shedding Stage” Eskom is in: http://loadshedding.eskom.co.za
It can be one of Stage 1 or Stage 2 or Stage 3. (Stage 3 is much worse than Stage 1)

Step 2) Next step depends on which stage Eskom is in.
Step 2a) If Eskom is in Stage 1 or Stage 2 then: 
i. Go to this page and click on the area where you live: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/electricity/Pages/LoadShedding.aspx
If your area doesn’t appear – then (I think) you are lucky that you will not be affected by Stage 1 or Stage 2 shedding.

ii. If in Stage 1 then the areas in those maps will only be load shed on certain days of the week.
iii. If in Stage 2 then the areas in those maps will be load shed on every day of the week.

Step 2b) If Eskom is in Stage 3 then:
i. Go to this page http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/electricity/Pages/LoadShedding.aspx   and click on “map” to see which area you live in
and the 3 times that you will be affected which is printed on the top right of the map: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/CSRM/Documents/LoadshedMar2014Stage3rev2.pdf

I hope this makes it easier to figure out what’s going on?