Here is Eskom’s Gauteng load reduction schedule for the last week of July

Load reduction will affect parts of Soweto, Tsakane, Etwatwa, Orange Farm, and surrounding areas for the rest of July, according to Eskom. Eskom published its load reduction timetable for Gauteng covering the final five days of July 2026, setting out which areas would be switched off each morning and evening. According to Eskom, load reduction differs from load shedding in that it targets specific high-usage areas to protect infrastructure from overloading, rather than being applied nationally to manage generation shortfalls.

The schedule shows that outages would run in two daily windows, one in the morning between 5am and 9am, and another in the evening between 5pm and 10pm. On Monday, 27 July, Block D is scheduled for load reduction in the morning slot, affecting areas including Ekangala, Moroka, Klipspruit, Dhlamini and Kagiso, according to the Eskom schedule. In the evening, Block C would be switched off, covering Soweto Zola, Soweto Jabulani, Dobsonville Ext 7, Naledi and Mabopane C.

The following day, Tuesday, 28 July, shifted to a single evening slot shared between two blocks. Eskom’s schedule showed Block B losing power first, taking in Meadowlands West Zone 10, Soweto Dube, Dube Ext 1, Mofolo East and Cosmo City, followed later by Block J, which included Orange Farm, Stretford Ext 10, Sharpeville, Evaton and Sebokeng Unit 1. The morning session on the 28th applied to Block A, listed as covering Ivory Park Ext 10, Kaalfontein Ext 1, 2 and 5, Rabie Ridge, Protea Glen and Kagiso.

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Wednesday, 29 July, effectively mirrored the start of the week, with Eskom’s timetable showing Block C in the morning window and Block D in the evening, a reversal of the order used on Monday. The morning outage for Block C again covered Soweto Zola, Soweto Jabulani, Dobsonville Ext 5 and Ext 7, Naledi and Mabopane C, while the evening cut to Block D took in Ekangala, Moroka, Klipspruit, Dhlamini and Tsakane Ext 11. Eskom’s document did not provide reasons for the specific rotation pattern beyond the standard classification of the areas as high-usage zones subject to load reduction.

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