All Article Properties:
{
"access_control": false,
"status": "publish",
"objectType": "Article",
"id": "1264973",
"signature": "Article:1264973",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-15-stage-3-load-shedding-starting-this-week/",
"shorturl": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/article/1264973",
"slug": "stage-3-load-shedding-starting-this-week",
"contentType": {
"id": "1",
"name": "Article",
"slug": "article"
},
"views": 0,
"comments": 3,
"preview_limit": null,
"excludedFromGoogleSearchEngine": 0,
"title": "Stage 3 load shedding starting this week",
"firstPublished": "2022-05-15 14:23:13",
"lastUpdate": "2022-05-16 10:46:06",
"categories": [
{
"id": "9",
"name": "Business Maverick",
"signature": "Category:9",
"slug": "business-maverick",
"typeId": {
"typeId": "1",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"slug": "",
"includeInIssue": "0",
"shortened_domain": "",
"stylesheetClass": "",
"domain": "staging.dailymaverick.co.za",
"articleUrlPrefix": "",
"access_groups": "[]",
"locale": "",
"preview_limit": null
},
"parentId": null,
"parent": [],
"image": "",
"cover": "",
"logo": "",
"paid": "0",
"objectType": "Category",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/category/business-maverick/",
"cssCode": "",
"template": "default",
"tagline": "",
"link_param": null,
"description": "",
"metaDescription": "",
"order": "0",
"pageId": null,
"articlesCount": null,
"allowComments": "1",
"accessType": "freecount",
"status": "1",
"children": [],
"cached": true
},
{
"id": "29",
"name": "South Africa",
"signature": "Category:29",
"slug": "south-africa",
"typeId": {
"typeId": "1",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"slug": "",
"includeInIssue": "0",
"shortened_domain": "",
"stylesheetClass": "",
"domain": "staging.dailymaverick.co.za",
"articleUrlPrefix": "",
"access_groups": "[]",
"locale": "",
"preview_limit": null
},
"parentId": null,
"parent": [],
"image": "",
"cover": "",
"logo": "",
"paid": "0",
"objectType": "Category",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/category/south-africa/",
"cssCode": "",
"template": "default",
"tagline": "",
"link_param": null,
"description": "Daily Maverick is an independent online news publication and weekly print newspaper in South Africa.\r\n\r\nIt is known for breaking some of the defining stories of South Africa in the past decade, including the Marikana Massacre, in which the South African Police Service killed 34 miners in August 2012.\r\n\r\nIt also investigated the Gupta Leaks, which won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award.\r\n\r\nThat investigation was credited with exposing the Indian-born Gupta family and former President Jacob Zuma for their role in the systemic political corruption referred to as state capture.\r\n\r\nIn 2018, co-founder and editor-in-chief Branislav ‘Branko’ Brkic was awarded the country’s prestigious Nat Nakasa Award, recognised for initiating the investigative collaboration after receiving the hard drive that included the email tranche.\r\n\r\nIn 2021, co-founder and CEO Styli Charalambous also received the award.\r\n\r\nDaily Maverick covers the latest political and news developments in South Africa with breaking news updates, analysis, opinions and more.",
"metaDescription": "",
"order": "0",
"pageId": null,
"articlesCount": null,
"allowComments": "1",
"accessType": "freecount",
"status": "1",
"children": [],
"cached": true
},
{
"id": "134172",
"name": "Maverick Citizen",
"signature": "Category:134172",
"slug": "maverick-citizen",
"typeId": {
"typeId": "1",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"slug": "",
"includeInIssue": "0",
"shortened_domain": "",
"stylesheetClass": "",
"domain": "staging.dailymaverick.co.za",
"articleUrlPrefix": "",
"access_groups": "[]",
"locale": "",
"preview_limit": null
},
"parentId": null,
"parent": [],
"image": "",
"cover": "",
"logo": "",
"paid": "0",
"objectType": "Category",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/category/maverick-citizen/",
"cssCode": "",
"template": "default",
"tagline": "",
"link_param": null,
"description": "",
"metaDescription": "",
"order": "0",
"pageId": null,
"articlesCount": null,
"allowComments": "1",
"accessType": "freecount",
"status": "1",
"children": [],
"cached": true
}
],
"content_length": 2374,
"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The risk of load shedding, unfortunately, remains,” warned Jan Oberholzer, Eskom group chief operating officer at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a state of the </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-11-eskoms-biggest-challenges-are-a-poorly-performing-coal-fleet-and-a-62-energy-capacity/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">system briefing last Wednesday</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proving their point, Eskom announced on Sunday, 15 May, that </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented tonight (from 5pm to 10pm), and escalate to Stage 3 on Monday and Tuesday evening at the same time, due to a continued loss of generating capacity. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage 2 will then continue for the rest of the week.</span>\r\n\r\nhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-15-fuel-thieves-siphon-off-millions-from-mpumalanga-eskom-power-station/\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the system update, along with CEO André de Ruyter, Oberholzer continually emphasised that the power utility is in urgent need of 4,000 to 6,000MW of additional generation capacity to allow them the space to take some of their units off for planned maintenance.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And until this capacity is met, the risk of load shedding remains.</span>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PowerAlert1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerAlert1</a></p>\r\nDue to a continued loss of generating\r\n\r\ncapacity, Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00 – 22:00 tonight, and Stage 3 will be implemented on Monday and Tuesday evening <a href=\"https://t.co/OGj4PQW0eM\">pic.twitter.com/OGj4PQW0eM</a>\r\n\r\n— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Eskom_SA/status/1525734900086743040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha explained that since Saturday evening Tutuka, Camden and Majuba power stations each experienced a breakdown on one of their units.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mantshantsha</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, “we currently have 2,094MW on planned maintenance, while another 17,640MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e Ruyter</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explained in the system update last week that we need 4,000 to 6,000MW of additional capacity, “in order to give us the headroom to take units out on planned maintenance and carry out that maintenance and return the units to service as planned.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oberholzer and his executive team explained that generation problems</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are rooted in lack of sufficient generation capacity, which Eskom says is aggravated by equipment age, insufficient funds for maintenance and additional system space.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mantshantsha ended his statement by reminding South Africans that “load shedding is implemented only as a last resort to protect the national grid,” and appealed to the nation to help limit the impact of load shedding by using electricity sparingly by switching off all non-essential items, especially between 5am and 9am and 4pm and 10pm. </span><b>DM</b>",
"teaser": "Stage 3 load shedding starting this week",
"externalUrl": "",
"sponsor": null,
"authors": [
{
"id": "255159",
"name": "Julia Evans",
"image": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Julia-Evans.jpg",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/author/juliadailymaverick-co-za/",
"editorialName": "juliadailymaverick-co-za",
"department": "",
"name_latin": ""
}
],
"description": "",
"keywords": [
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "2741",
"name": "Eskom",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/eskom/",
"slug": "eskom",
"description": "Eskom is the primary electricity supplier and generator of power in South Africa. It is a state-owned enterprise that was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) and later changed its name to Eskom. The company is responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity to the entire country, and it is one of the largest electricity utilities in the world, supplying about 90% of the country's electricity needs. It generates roughly 30% of the electricity used\r\nin Africa.\r\n\r\nEskom operates a variety of power stations, including coal-fired, nuclear, hydro, and renewable energy sources, and has a total installed capacity of approximately 46,000 megawatts. The company is also responsible for maintaining the electricity grid infrastructure, which includes power lines and substations that distribute electricity to consumers.\r\n\r\nEskom plays a critical role in the South African economy, providing electricity to households, businesses, and industries, and supporting economic growth and development. However, the company has faced several challenges in recent years, including financial difficulties, aging infrastructure, and operational inefficiencies, which have led to power outages and load shedding in the country.\r\n\r\nDaily Maverick has reported on this extensively, including its recently published investigations from the Eskom Intelligence Files which demonstrated extensive sabotage at the power utility. Intelligence reports obtained by Daily Maverick linked two unnamed senior members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom. The intelligence links the cartels to the sabotage of Eskom’s power stations and to a programme of political destabilisation which has contributed to the current power crisis.",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Eskom",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "47306",
"name": "electricity",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/electricity/",
"slug": "electricity",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "electricity",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "132321",
"name": "Load Shedding",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/load-shedding/",
"slug": "load-shedding",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Load Shedding",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "175450",
"name": "Sikonathi Mantshantsha",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/sikonathi-mantshantsha/",
"slug": "sikonathi-mantshantsha",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Sikonathi Mantshantsha",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "177614",
"name": "Jan Oberholzer",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/jan-oberholzer/",
"slug": "jan-oberholzer",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Jan Oberholzer",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "206570",
"name": "André de Ruyter",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/andre-de-ruyter/",
"slug": "andre-de-ruyter",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "André de Ruyter",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "353513",
"name": "power supply",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/power-supply/",
"slug": "power-supply",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "power supply",
"translations": null
}
}
],
"short_summary": null,
"source": null,
"related": [],
"options": [],
"attachments": [
{
"id": "96164",
"name": "",
"description": "",
"focal": "50% 50%",
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg",
"transforms": [
{
"x": "200",
"y": "100",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/njsiCYvxfhyQT1VI_l5IFkoOMnk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg"
},
{
"x": "450",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/ETJcdTs_fTpBnVHqv_hycsDLBCI=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg"
},
{
"x": "800",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/DU0ytWBefsZKrJYlIZ7zmTnpAb4=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg"
},
{
"x": "1200",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/-1lbU90bncYpLRSKtL1fsWM8gpM=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg"
},
{
"x": "1600",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/DwcZKL7QA5nsAfl_Y1fpekQHLoo=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg"
}
],
"url_thumbnail": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/njsiCYvxfhyQT1VI_l5IFkoOMnk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg",
"url_medium": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/ETJcdTs_fTpBnVHqv_hycsDLBCI=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg",
"url_large": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/DU0ytWBefsZKrJYlIZ7zmTnpAb4=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg",
"url_xl": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/-1lbU90bncYpLRSKtL1fsWM8gpM=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg",
"url_xxl": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/DwcZKL7QA5nsAfl_Y1fpekQHLoo=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Loadshed-Stage3.jpg",
"type": "image"
}
],
"summary": "Proving their point, Eskom has announced load shedding until they have at least an additional 4,000MW of generation capacity to allow them the space to take some of their units off for planned maintenance.",
"template_type": null,
"dm_custom_section_label": null,
"elements": [],
"seo": {
"search_title": "Stage 3 load shedding starting this week",
"search_description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The risk of load shedding, unfortunately, remains,” warned Jan Oberholzer, Eskom group chief operating officer at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a state of the",
"social_title": "Stage 3 load shedding starting this week",
"social_description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The risk of load shedding, unfortunately, remains,” warned Jan Oberholzer, Eskom group chief operating officer at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a state of the",
"social_image": ""
},
"cached": true,
"access_allowed": true
} 
