What is emergency loadshedding?

Emergency loadshedding is a controlled way of managing available electricity distribution capacity when an unscheduled power shortage occurs.

Loadshedding schedule

The following loadshedding schedule will apply will only when required. Click here to view it in a PDF format or here should you prefer MS Excel. Alternatively, you can choose to see it in a map fomat. Simply click on the area in which you live: NORTH, SOUTH, and EAST. Detailed maps are available for the following areas:

Bischopscourt	Browns Farm	Claremont
Epping Industria	Kenilworth	Lansdowne
Lentegeur	Maitland	Mowbray
Observatory	Ottery	Panorama
Parow East	Plumstead	Retreat Industrial Area
Rondebosch	Rylands/Doornhoogte	Sack’s Circle Industrial
Schaap Kraal	Weltevreden Valley	Woodstock
Wynberg

Eskom recently announced that the pre-emptive load shedding has been suspended until further notice.

The City of Cape Town and Eskom see loadshedding as a last resort and therefore request all customers to support the current energy saving initiative.

For further information, please contact our Technical Operations Call Centre on 0800 220 440.