Tag Archives: Loadshedding

Loadshedding

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Helga

Sunday Dear Elsie Today was a peaceful day. We went to church, did a little shopping, went to friends for lunch and read. The load-shedding schedule in South Africa has been a bit of a nightmare recently. We are up … Continue reading →

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Load Shedding Level 6

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Helga

Sunday Today was the day… We went to level 6 load shedding. It started at 4am this morning, so we woke up with the lights of Fish Hoek mostly off. While we have a solid solar system,  load shedding still … Continue reading →

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Loadshedding on Steroids & Kiara Update

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Helga

I’m writing this in darkness! At least my laptop has plenty of battery. We are loadshedding schedule 3B or something like that. For us in region 8 it means yesterday and today, the power was off from 10am to 12-30pm … Continue reading →

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Load-shedding 101

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Helga

1-47pm Load-shedding – it actually has a official definition…   It first became famous in South Africa back in 2008 when one Sunday, suddenly, with no warning, there was a massive Cape Town wide blackout. The power was out for … Continue reading →

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Load-shedding – To Be Or Not To Be…

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Helga

1-52pm Oh boy, that is the question isn’t it?  Last night the lights went out for about 10 minutes in the Fish Hoek area. Then they sprang back into life and the news was that the Load-shedding schedule had been … Continue reading →

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