Johannesburg - With just hours to go before South Africans swing back into the doldrums of uninvited power outages with load shedding, for Joburg residents, four hour blackouts are back.
This means, for Thursday night, between 9pm and 12.30am, the Soweto, Auckland Park, Randburg, Lenasia and Roodepoort areas, will be plunged into darkness.
The power utility Eskom had confirmed earlier on Thursday it would implement Stage 2 load shedding between 9pm on Thursday and 6am on Friday due to "system constraints" and "depleting emergency resources".
The areas 7A, 3B will be affected first, between 9pm and 12.30am.
7A - Auckland Park, Soweto, Lenasia, Randburg areas
Specifically: Armadale, Armadale Ext, Auckland Park, Bushkoppies, Campus Square, Crosby, Devland, Eldorado Estate, Eldorado Park, Eldorado Park Ext, Eldorado Park Ext 1&3, Eldorado Park South, Freedom Park, Goldev, Goudkoppies, Hurst Hill, Klipriviersoog, Klipriviersoog Estate, Klipspruit West, Kliptown, Lenasia Ext 10, Lenasia Ext 11, Lenasia Ext 13, Lenasia Ext 3, Lenasia Ext 5, Lenasia Ext 7, Lenasia Ext 8, Lenasia Ext 9, Melville, Nancefield, Nancefield Ext, Nancefield Industria, Newlands, Northcliff, NorthCliff Ext, Northcliff Ext 19, Oliefantsvlei, Race Course, Rietfontein AH, Rivasdale, Slovo Park, University of Johannesburg (RAU) and Westdene
3B - Roodepoort, Joburg West areas
Specifically: Allen'snek, Amarosa, Boschkop, Boundary Park, Boundary Park Ext, Breaunanda, Bush Hill, Constantia Kloof, Davidsonville, Devon Valley, Dimension Data, Douglasdale, Grobler Park, Groblerpark Ext, Harveston, Helderkruin, Honeydew, Honeydew Ext, Kelly Ridge, Kevin Ridge, Kevin Ridge Ext 10, Klevehill Park, Kloofendal, Laser Park, Lewisham, Lindhaven, Little Falls, Manufacta, Matholesville, MTN Campus, Panorama, Poortview, Princess, Princess AH, Radiokop, Reefhaven, Roodekrans, Roodekrans Ext, Roodepoort, Roodepoort CBD, Roodepoort West, Ruimsig, Selwyn, Silverfields, Spionekop, Strubens Valley, Weltevreden Park, West Gate, Wilgeheuwel, WilroPark, Witpoortjie.
From 12am to 4am: 4B, 8A
8A - North Riding area
Specifically: Glenadrienne, Kya Sand Ext.101, Kya Sand Ext.102, North Riding Estates, North Riding Estates Ext, Northgate, Northgate Ext, Northgate Ext 4, Northriding, Northriding AH, Northriding Ext, Northumberland, Northwold, Northwold Gardens, Northworld Ext, Sharonlea, Sundowner, Sundowner Ext, Sundowner Ext 10 and Sundowner Ext 6.
4B - Aeroton, Belgravia, Bellavista Estate, Benrose, Benrose Ext, City Deep, City Deep Ext, Cleveland, Container Depot, Crown, Denver, Denver Ext, Eastcliff, Elands Park, Elcedes, Electron, Elladoone, Forest Hill, Frampton East, Fresh Produce Market, Gleneagles, Gleneagles Ext, Glenesk, Haddon, Heriotdale, Heriotdale Ext, Jeppe East, Kenilworth, Kenilworth Ext, Kensington, Kensington Ext, Kensington South, Klipriviersberg, La Rochelle, Lindberg Park, Linmeyer, Malvern, Malvern Ext, Moffatview, Oakdene, Oospoort Ext 1, Pioneer, Regency, Regents Park, Reuven, Rewlatch, Rewlatch Ext, Ridgeway, Ridgeway South, Risana , Roseacre, Rosettenville, Rosettenville & Ext, Rosherville, Soccer City, South Hills, South Kensington, Southcrest, Spes Bona, Springfield, Stafford, Steeldale, The Gables, The Gables Ext, The Hill, The Hill Ext, Towerby, Townsview, Trojan, Tulisa Park, Turf Club, Turffontein, Unigrey, Wemmer, West Turffontein, West Turffontein Ext, Winchester Hills, Winchester Hills Ext, Wychwood and Wychwood Ext.
4.30am - 8am - 1B, 5B
1B -
1B - Abbotsford, Alexandra Ext, Alexandra South, Atholl, Athollhurst Ext, Birdhaven, Bramely, Bramley Gardens, Bramley North, Casey Park, Cheltondale, Chislehurston, Dunkeld, East Bank, Elton Hill, Ennerdale , Ennerdale Ext, Ennerdale Ext 1, Ennerdale Ext 2, Ennerdale Ext 3, Ennerdale Ext 4, Ennerdale Ext 5 & 6, Ennerdale South, Fairways, Far East Bank, Finetown, Geluksdal, Glensan , Grassmere, Gresswold, Hawkins Estates , Hopefield, Houghton Estate, Houghton South , Hyde Park East , Illovo, Inanda , Kent Park , Kent View, Kew, Kiasha Park, Kiasha Park Ext , Killarney Mall, Lawley, Lenasia South, Lenasia South Ext 1, Lenasia South Ext2, Lenasia South Ext 4 , Lenasia south ext 7 , Lombardy East ( East Side ) , Lyndenhurst , Melrose , Melrose Arch , Melrose Estate , Melrose Ext 1 , Melrose Ext 2 , Melrose North, Mid Ennerdale, Migson Manor , Migson Triangle , Moodey Hill , Morningside , Mountainview , Oaklands , Orchards,Raumarais Park, River Park, Riviera, Rosebank East, Sandhurst, Sunningdale, Sunningdale Ridge, Unaville, Wierda Valley , Winston Ridge and Wynberg.
5B -
5B - Berea , Bertrams , Bezuidenhout Valley , Booysens , Booysens Reserve , Carlton Centre , Chrisville , City And Suburban , Crown Gardens , Doornfontein , Droste Park , Ellis Park , Evans Park , Fairview , Frampton , Gillview , Glenanda West of Glen Rd , Goldreef City , Jeppe West , Johannesburg CBD , Johannesburg City & Suburban , Judith Paarl West , Kazerne , Lakeview , Marshalls Town , Mondeor North , Nasrec , Nasrec Ext , New Doornfontein , Ophirton , Ophirton Ext , Ormonde , Ormonde Ext , Production Park , Prolecon , Ridgeway North , Robertsham , Robertsham Ext , Selby South , Siemert , Southdale , Theta , Troyville , West Turffontein , Winchester Hills , Wolhuter