Johannesburg - the power situation has been volatile, thanks to a combination of ageing infrastructure and technical problems at eskom. south africans have been warned to expect on-going load. You can search for your suburb load-shedding schedule on its website. your group, or block number, is listed when you search for your suburb. unlike other municipalities, where load shedding occurs in two-hour blocks, in johannesburg, you can expect an outage of approximately 4.5 hours.. Load shedding status we are currently not load shedding due to high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain power stations. to determine the time/s that you will be affected, please view the schedule for your area..
For load-shedding schedules affecting the city of johannesburg, you can visit www.citypower.co.za, or call 086 056 2874, or follow them on twitter @citypowerjhb.. Cape town � eskom is implementing stage one load shedding on sunday which will affect a number of johannesburg suburbs, according to a statement that was released by johannesburg�s power utility, city power.. Load shedding was a buzzword, albeit a much maligned one, during the early years of this decade. but according to every south africa�s favourite provider of electricity, eskom, it may make a.