Cape Town – South Africans have reacted to having no power outages for 24 hours on Sunday, with some predicting that load shedding will be back to “normal” by mid-week.
This after Eskom suspended load shedding over the weekend but returned at stage 1 on Monday.
“Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 05:00 until 16:00 on Monday,” the power utility said.
Stage 2 will then be implemented from 16:00 on Monday until 05:00 on Tuesday.
“Load-shedding will be again suspended from 5am until 4pm on Tuesday. Stage 2 will be implemented from 4pm on Tuesday until 4pm on Wednesday.”
Loadshedding will continue to be suspended until 05:00 on Monday. Thereafter, Stage 1 loadshedding will be implemented from 05:00 until 16:00 on Monday. pic.twitter.com/dDkDZQy5Lq
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 19, 2023
The suspended power outages came a day before the EFF’s planned national shutdown which demands an immediate end to load shedding and the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The party warned businesses to close on the day to avoid looting and claimed the country’s economy would be brought to a “standstill”.
So far police have made over 70 arrests, with several protests having erupted in various parts of the country.
South Africans took to social media to celebrate the load shedding relief, with some questioning the timing while others predicted load shedding will be back to stage 4 by mid-week.
Last week Mzansi experienced a steady decrease in load shedding stages, as Eskom said that there had been improvements in the generation capacity.
Here are some reactions on Twitter
i honestly did not know what to do with all this electricity
— GIFTSA ( Ndalo EP ) (@IAMGIFTSA) March 19, 2023
We are all watching the 8pm movies tonight. Thank you @EFFSouthAfrica and @Julius_S_Malema for making this possible. Please announce date for April to ensure a stable supply of electricity.
— Robert Williams (@Zavosdd) March 19, 2023
What do we do in the meantime ? I mean I no longer know what to do with so much electricity being available every 24 hours pic.twitter.com/riTmytUWib
— Ta Snezo (@Snezo_Ntaka) March 19, 2023
And we’ll be back to stage 4 or 6 before the end of the week. I can bet on that ??
— Seer Kwame Jr. (@Cde_Xolani) March 19, 2023
We are gonna be moered with loadshedding in April stage 6 indefinitely
— Sirboring?????? (@sirboring_26) March 19, 2023
Thanks Eskom
— Garth William Bosman (@bosman_garth) March 19, 2023
It feels weird and boring without load shedding!
— ZamaKonke Khuzwayo (@ZamakonkeK) March 19, 2023
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