Load-shedding ramped back up to stage 2 from 9pm The move from stage 1 to stage 2 comes just 16 hours after the rotational power cuts were downgraded at 5am on Wednesday 17 March 2021 - 18:39 By TimesLIVE Eskom announced on Wednesday that load-shedding would be ramped up from stage 1 to stage 2 at 9pm. Image: 123RF Eskom SA will move back to stage 2 load-shedding from 9pm on Wednesday, Eskom has confirmed. The move from stage 1 to stage 2 comes just 16 hours after the rotational power cuts were downgraded at 5am on Wednesday. According to a statement, Eskom said that the ramping back up to stage 2 came because of “further loss of generation capacity”. Stage 2 will remain in place, at this stage, until 5am Saturday.