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Is Eskom down in South Africa?

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Reports from people in South Africa

Last 24 hours · South Africa · times in UTC

0 reports

No community reports in the last 24 hours from South Africa. This does not prove the service is working. If you have a problem, report it here.

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Reports per 15 minutes. A flat chart means no reports, not proof that everything works.

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Website checks — worldwide

The evidence below covers the provider and our available checks. It is not a separate verdict for South Africa. The report chart above is filtered to South Africa.

Our checks can reach the Eskom website. Updated 5 Nov, 15:41 UTC, 1 min ago · Website checks: these do not test every feature Website reachability does not confirm that sign-in, payments, messaging or the app is working. No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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  1. Compare reports from South Africa and check the latest update above. A quiet chart does not rule out a new or local problem.
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  3. Report a problem with the feature that is failing and the country where you are affected. Submit once; your report appears in the chart.

Reports describe people's experiences. One report alone does not confirm an outage.

Last 9030 days

100.00% of the time without a reported outage, since 4 Nov

Of the last 90 days, 0 had a partial or major outage, 0 had maintenance only and 88 have no data. Recent problems are listed in a table further down.

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Last 24 hours

Every 15 minutes, hours in UTC

Bars: the share of our own checks of eskom.co.za that failed (11,133 checks). Our checks showed no problem in this time. Community reports appear separately above, alongside our checks and provider updates.

0%5%11% 18:0000:0006:0012:00 9% of 122 checks failed8% of 120 checks failed8% of 118 checks failed8% of 118 checks failed6% of 114 checks failed5% of 116 checks failed10% of 125 checks failed4% of 111 checks failed5% of 112 checks failed9% of 124 checks failed6% of 119 checks failed5% of 116 checks failed4% of 114 checks failed5% of 113 checks failed4% of 112 checks failed6% of 116 checks failed7% of 117 checks failed8% of 116 checks failed8% of 123 checks failed5% of 112 checks failed4% of 112 checks failed7% of 119 checks failed4% of 113 checks failed6% of 115 checks failed7% of 120 checks failed3% of 111 checks failed4% of 112 checks failed8% of 118 checks failed6% of 115 checks failed6% of 116 checks failed6% of 116 checks failed9% of 117 checks failed9% of 115 checks failed6% of 115 checks failed5% of 110 checks failed7% of 116 checks failed3% of 113 checks failed5% of 117 checks failed2% of 108 checks failed6% of 118 checks failed8% of 119 checks failed7% of 121 checks failed4% of 112 checks failed7% of 116 checks failed3% of 112 checks failed3% of 109 checks failed6% of 115 checks failed4% of 112 checks failed6% of 119 checks failed8% of 119 checks failed3% of 116 checks failed9% of 123 checks failed4% of 114 checks failed4% of 113 checks failed5% of 113 checks failed5% of 117 checks failed4% of 114 checks failed6% of 115 checks failed5% of 111 checks failed4% of 106 checks failed6% of 121 checks failed5% of 118 checks failed6% of 121 checks failed4% of 116 checks failed7% of 123 checks failed5% of 119 checks failed9% of 126 checks failed2% of 113 checks failed3% of 115 checks failed3% of 110 checks failed5% of 113 checks failed4% of 119 checks failed3% of 114 checks failed2% of 110 checks failed7% of 118 checks failed4% of 115 checks failed5% of 119 checks failed9% of 128 checks failed3% of 95 checks failed7% of 133 checks failed6% of 123 checks failed4% of 116 checks failed6% of 108 checks failed6% of 130 checks failed5% of 119 checks failed3% of 115 checks failed7% of 110 checks failed5% of 130 checks failed9% of 127 checks failed4% of 112 checks failed9% of 120 checks failed11% of 128 checks failed4% of 115 checks failed6% of 123 checks failed6% of 95 checks failed5% of 86 checks failed

Our own checks of eskom.co.za

Every 5 minutes, from our probes

1 of 35 cities can't reach eskom.co.za.

Tel Aviv: loaded in 2426 ms Jakarta: loaded in 919 ms Port Louis: loaded in 376 ms Tokyo: loaded in 634 ms Lauterbourg: loaded in 3059 ms Frankfurt: loaded in 2182 ms Delhi: loaded in 361 ms Johannesburg: loaded in 71 ms Warsaw: loaded in 2028 ms St. Louis: loaded in 355 ms Atlanta: loaded in 1180 ms Melbourne: loaded in 2307 ms Los Angeles: loaded in 803 ms London: loaded in 2008 ms Amsterdam: loaded in 277 ms Seattle: loaded in 3639 ms Osaka: loaded in 592 ms Dallas: loaded in 2611 ms Singapore: loaded in 887 ms São Paulo: loaded in 363 ms Mumbai: loaded in 359 ms Cape Town: loaded in 96 ms New Jersey: loaded in 1167 ms Sydney: loaded in 488 ms Seoul: loaded in 2552 ms Querétaro: loaded in 2458 ms Madrid: loaded in 230 ms New York: loaded in 3503 ms Toronto: loaded in 1160 ms Doha: loaded in 646 ms Santiago: loaded in 2263 ms Bangalore: loaded in 2800 ms Hamina: loaded in 987 ms Portsmouth: loaded in 298 ms Hong Kong: could not load it (HTTP 522)
  • Tel AvivReachable2426 ms, just now
  • JakartaReachable919 ms, just now
  • Port LouisReachable376 ms, just now
  • TokyoReachable634 ms, just now
  • LauterbourgReachable3059 ms, just now
  • FrankfurtReachable2182 ms, just now
  • DelhiReachable361 ms, just now
  • JohannesburgReachable71 ms, 1 min ago
  • WarsawReachable2028 ms, 1 min ago
  • St. LouisReachable355 ms, 1 min ago
  • AtlantaReachable1180 ms, 1 min ago
  • MelbourneReachable2307 ms, 1 min ago
  • Los AngelesReachable803 ms, 1 min ago
  • LondonReachable2008 ms, 2 min ago
  • AmsterdamReachable277 ms, 2 min ago
  • SeattleReachable3639 ms, 2 min ago
  • OsakaReachable592 ms, 2 min ago
  • DallasReachable2611 ms, 2 min ago
  • SingaporeReachable887 ms, 2 min ago
  • São PauloReachable363 ms, 2 min ago
  • MumbaiReachable359 ms, 2 min ago
  • Cape TownReachable96 ms, 3 min ago
  • New JerseyReachable1167 ms, 3 min ago
  • SydneyReachable488 ms, 3 min ago
  • SeoulReachable2552 ms, 3 min ago
  • QuerétaroReachable2458 ms, 5 min ago
  • MadridReachable230 ms, 5 min ago
  • New YorkReachable3503 ms, 6 min ago
  • TorontoReachable1160 ms, 6 min ago
  • DohaReachable646 ms, 6 min ago
  • SantiagoReachable2263 ms, 6 min ago
  • BangaloreReachable2800 ms, 7 min ago
  • HaminaReachable987 ms, 7 min ago
  • PortsmouthReachable298 ms, 7 min ago
  • Hong KongHTTP 52219843 ms, 10 min ago

We request eskom.co.za and note whether it answers. These automated checks do not sign in or use the app's features.

Available evidence

We check whether its website loads every 5 minutes. This does not test sign-in, payments, calls or every feature of its app or network. We show a website problem when a quarter of the eligible places cannot load it, and an outage when half cannot. Places that normally cannot reach it are excluded. With too few results, we say we cannot tell.

Recent problems

No problems recorded since 4 Nov 2026.

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Is Eskom down, or is it just me?

Our checks reach Eskom's website from most of our cities. This does not rule out problems with sign-in, payments, an app or a local network. Check the community reports above and report your experience.

How do we know?

No official status feed is connected for Eskom. We load eskom.co.za from our probes and note whether it answers. People can report problems here. Their reports appear separately and may reveal issues before a provider update.

How often do we check?

The website every 5 minutes, day and night. We keep 90 days of available check history: a day we have no reading for shows as "no data yet", never as working.

Our own checks of the Eskom website.

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