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Eskom Outages & Load Shedding: Who to Call

Eskom doesn't publish live data we can use, so we can't show a current count. Its official outage page shows power outages in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

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Customers out now
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Report by phone
08600 37566
As published by the operator
Customers served
6,785,891
2026 figure
Time without power
34 hr 55 min
Per customer, 2025

Where Eskom operates

All nine provinces, wherever a municipality does not hold the distribution licence, including parts of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Cape Town

Ownership: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, 100% state-owned, with the Department of Electricity and Energy as shareholder representative

Eskom reliability

Eskom reported 34 hr 55 min without power per customer in 2025, with 11.70 interruptions per customer. The national figure was 34 hr 55 min in 2025, though it may be measured differently.

Scope: Financial year to 31 March 2025, after NRS 047 exclusions

Source: Eskom Holdings, Performance report 2026 (year to 31 March 2026)

Major power outages involving Eskom

Events in our sourced list that name Eskom

  1. 2023: South Africa's worst load-shedding year

    1 January 2023

    In its financial year to March 2024 Eskom implemented load shedding on 329 days, the most since it began in 2007.

    Source: CSIR Energy Research Centre, Utility-scale power generation statistics in South Africa 2024

  2. 2022: load shedding quadruples, and the Kusile duct failure

    1 January 2022

    Eskom's financial year to March 2023 had 280 days of load shedding, up from 65.

    Source: CSIR Energy Research Centre, Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa 2022

  3. Early 2024 load shedding, then a 310-day suspension

    1 January 2024

    Eskom then reached 310 consecutive days without it, up to 30 January 2025, a run last matched in 2018.

    Source: CSIR Energy Research Centre, Utility-scale power generation statistics in South Africa 2025 (1 January to 30 June 2025)

  4. Load shedding returns briefly in 2025

    31 January 2025

    Eskom counts four separate incidents and 13 days to March, then four days in April and May.

    Source: CSIR Energy Research Centre, Utility-scale power generation statistics in South Africa 2025 (1 January to 30 June 2025)

  5. National load shedding begins, 2007-08

    1 January 2008

    Eskom dates load shedding to 2007.

    Source: Eskom Holdings, Integrated report 2024

  6. KwaZulu-Natal floods

    8 April 2022

    Eskom's report for the year records two national states of disaster related to floods.

    Source: Wikipedia, 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods (secondary source)

Provinces served

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Eskom FAQ

How do I report a power outage to Eskom?

Call 08600 37566. It also takes reports online through the link on this page. If you see a fallen power line, do not touch it or go near it and call 112.

What areas does Eskom cover?

All nine provinces, wherever a municipality does not hold the distribution licence, including parts of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Cape Town

How reliable is Eskom?

Eskom reported 34 hr 55 min without power per customer and 11.70 interruptions per customer in 2025. Scope: Financial year to 31 March 2025, after NRS 047 exclusions

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PowerOutageTracker.com. "Eskom Load Shedding & Power Outages." Accessed 3 November 2026. https://poweroutagetracker.com/world/south-africa/utilities/eskom
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