Last night South Africans were shocked to see an announcement from Eskom that the latest round of loadshedding would be elevated from the previous Stage 4 to Stage 6.
One place this announcement was made was on Twitter with the official Eskom account announcing the unfortunate news to the public.
On top of general (and justified) frustration and anger seen in the replies from citizens, many of them found the funnier side of the event and tweeted out jokes, memes and more back at Eskom.
In addition many were unaware that Stage 6 even existed, believing that Stage 4 was the cap.
Unfortunately for all of us Stage 6 does exist and calls for 6 000 MW to be shed. If that’s not bad enough the announcement shares this graphic for a plan going up to Stage 8, which could see the country need to shed 8 000 MW. This would result in many citizens being without electricity for 12 hours of each day.
Before that happens we’ve rounded up some of the funniest replies to the Stage 6 news and embedded them below.
— Mikaeel McAllister (@Mc_Mike_007) December 9, 2019
Does this mean you are coming to steal my generator?
— Andries Combrinck (@AJCombrinck) December 9, 2019
Have you tried turning Medupi off and on again?
— Johann Biermann ???????? (@JohannBiermann1) December 9, 2019
None of our apps even support stage 6. cc @EskomSePush
— Justin R. Melville (@JustinRMelville) December 9, 2019
18:30. The powerbank is now depleted, my phone is at 4%. This will be my last entry. Goodbye my friends …
— Ashley ???? (@AwkwardCookie93) December 9, 2019
— David Braz (@dvdbraz) December 9, 2019
I honestly thought stage 4 was the highest. This tweet made me pic.twitter.com/V8EABM0p5Y
— Mikaeel McAllister (@Mc_Mike_007) December 9, 2019
And this government wants to implement universal healthcare. We are all going to die.
— RUAN JOOSTE (@DURITZ79) December 9, 2019
No electricity and loads of rain….Feels like we’re camping, but still have to go to work in the mornings!
— Gabriel ???????? (@gabrielpleroux) December 9, 2019
What is Stage 6? Even cancer only goes to Stage 4! Not good enough Eskom.
— Pam Couzyn (@Its_All_Write) December 9, 2019