Load shedding temporarily suspended in eThekwini

load shedding temporarily suspended in ethekwini

Load shedding temporarily suspended in eThekwini

Durban — In an unexpected move, the eThekwini Municipality has temporarily suspended load shedding.

Residents which expected to be load shed from 6pm, especially after getting the notification from the EskomSePush app, were surprised when the electricity stayed on. The country is currently on stage 2 load shedding.

In a brief announcement on its Facebook page Thursday afternoon, the eThekwini Municipality said: “Due to the large amount of electrical faults and outages currently in the City, the load reduction in accordance with load shedding has already been met. As a result, the formal load shedding programme will be temporarily suspended,” the municipality said.

There was mixed reaction from Facebook users regarding the municipality’s announcement:

Dave Claxton said: “Feel for those families who have no power due to faults and those without water, neither will be fixed whilst this strike is ongoing.”

Siyabonga Cyah said: “Load shedding is the main cause of these power outages, when there’s no load shedding we don’t experience many power outages.”

Darrell Cuthbert said: “So the good news is there’s no load shedding, the bad news is there’s no power to shed anyway because the infrastructure is collapsing…”

Shevaun Van Eyssen said: “No load shedding but our area has been without electricity since 10 this morning. Last week was the same story. I would rather have load shedding. At least it’s only 2 hours. Who is going to compensate us for all the food we have to throw away when our freezers start defrosting?”

Jaishree Piyarilall said they could stop load shedding if they wanted. She knew that all along.

Taslyn Chanel Wright said: “And here I am waiting for lights to go off at 6.”

Graham Rice said: “EThekwini Municipality the other day you stated you have no control over load shedding and told the poster to take it up with Eskom. Suddenly you now have control. How does that happen?”

Imtiaz Buckas said: “I’ll simplify it… Due to everything breaking and no longer working, we will suspend load shedding as you won’t have electricity anyways, once everything is fixed, we will resume load shedding.”

WhatsApp your views on this story at 071 485 7995.

Daily News

News Related

OTHER NEWS

Volkswagen "very worried" about the future of its operations in SA

A senior Volkswagen executive involved in a global cost-cutting strategy said on Friday, 24 November, he was “very worried” about the future of the company’s operations in South Africa, which ... Read more »

Liz Truss backs Trump with call for Republican presidential victory

Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, who was famously shown to have a shorter shelf life than a lettuce, has effectively backed Donald Trump ... Read more »

Standard Bank treasonous? We're literally helping to keep the lights on says CEO

Standard Bank treasonous? We're literally helping to keep the lights on says CEO Bruce Whitfield speaks to Lungisa Fuzile, Standard Bank SA CEO. Standard Bank is one of 28 banks ... Read more »

Israel, Hamas agree to extend truce for two days; Musk ‘would like to help rebuild Gaza’

Israel, Hamas agree to extend truce for two days; Musk ‘would like to help rebuild Gaza’ The UN said many people in Gaza still had no food or cooking fuel ... Read more »

This is what Pitso Mosimane said about the African Football League

Mamelodi Sundowns’ former coach, Pitso Mosimane, dismissed the African Football League Jingles shared his opinion and compared it to the CAF league and said that it was a mere tournament ... Read more »

Take note of these N3 road works between Westville and Paradise Valley

Take note of these N3 road works between Westville and Paradise Valley The N3 between the Westville viaduct and Paradise Valley interchange will be partially closed to traffic for the ... Read more »

UKZN medical student bags 2023 Health Excellence Rising Star Award

UKZN medical student bags 2023 Health Excellence Rising Star Award Durban — One of the country’s most progressive young minds in the medical field, fifth-year University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) medical ... Read more »
Top List in the World