Eskom has announced that stage one and stage two loadshedding are kicking in back to back today, Wednesday the 21st May, effectively extending power cuts to a greater part of the day.

Stage one started from 8am this morning and will stop at 2pm when stage two loadshedding begins right up until 10pm.

Eskom will implement stage 1 load shedding at 08:00 until 14:00 and then stage 2 will be implemented from 14:00 until 22:00 this evening.

— Eskom Media Desk (@Eskom_MediaDesk) May 21, 2015

“This is due to a shortage of generating capacity as several units are currently out of service due to maintenance,” the national power utility said.

It’s been a it of a tough week for South Africans as power cuts have been implemented everyday since last Saturday and may well continue into this weekend as well.

Check the Eskom loadshedding site for detailed schedules.