Eskom Load Shedding Schedule Today 2026-2027
We are pleased to inform you about Eskom Load Shedding Schedule Today 2026-2027
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 schedules 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 -loadshedding.eskom.co.za
Eskom has announced that it will introduce stage 2 load shedding on Wednesday (2 February), due to ongoing power constraints.
Following further breakdowns during the night, load shedding will begin at 11h00 on Wednesday and until 05h00 on Monday (7 February).
“This load shedding is necessary due to a shortage of generation capacity following breakdowns of two more generating units during the night.
“Since the weekend Eskom has utilized significant amounts of emergency generating reserves, which have now been depleted and need to be replenished. Eskom will use this period to replenish the emergency generation reserves,” it said.
Total breakdowns amount to 14,99wMW while planned maintenance is 4,435MW of capacity. The group said it will communicate further if there are any significant changes to the power system.
Eskom has warned in a summer load-shedding forecast for 2021/2022, that its system is likely to remain severely constrained for the near future.
For people living in the major metros, load-shedding schedules are available here:
- City of Johannesburg
- City of Ekurhuleni
- City of Tshwane
- City of Cape Town (PDF)
- Nelson Mandela Bay
- eThekwini
- Manguang
- Buffalo City
For access to other load-shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on loadshedding.eskom.co.za.
Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.