ESP "EskomSePush"

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About this app

The power might be off, but the community is always on.

EskomSePush (ESP) is South Africa's most-loved app for tracking loadshedding and connecting with your local community. We give you accurate schedules and a space to talk to your neighbours, turning chaos into connection.

KNOW YOUR LOADSHEDDING SCHEDULE
✅ Real Areas, Not Blocks: We use your actual suburb and area name, not confusing "blocks." Get the right schedule and notifications for your specific area.
✅ Push Notifications: We’ll send you alerts and warnings before your loadshedding slot starts. Yes, this includes our infamous 55-minute heads-up!
✅ Follow Multiple Areas: Keep track of home, work, or family members' suburbs with ease.

FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NEARBY
✅ "Is It Just Me?": Power out unexpectedly? Jump into your area's chat to see if it's loadshedding or a local fault. Get answers from neighbours in real-time.
✅ Local Community Chats: This is your space to connect. Chats are grouped by your suburb, so you're only talking to people nearby.
✅ More Than Power: Share a heads-up about a water outage, report a pothole, or find out what that siren was. If it's happening in your neighbourhood, it's happening on ESP.

BUILT FOR CONNECTION, NOT NOISE
✅ Focused & Local: ESP Chats aren't another noisy feed. They are focused spaces where what you share matters to the people reading it.
✅ Safe & Simple: No admin gatekeepers. No phone numbers exposed. Just neighbours helping neighbours.
✅ Community-Powered: You decide what's helpful. AI keeps things tidy in the background so you can focus on what matters.

Local problems need local action. We're building the foundation for South Africans to support each other and find solutions together.

Join the community that keeps South Africa connected, even when the lights go out.
Disclaimer
Our app is not affiliated with the Government or Municipalities in any way. All information provided is publicly accessible via https://www.eskom.co.za/ and accurate to the best of our knowledge. You agree to use any data accessed through the app at your own risk, we take no responsibility for any inaccuracies or errors.

Terms & Privacy Policy: https://esp.info/privacy

Download ESP today, and don't get caught in the dark!

Ratings and reviews

If you're living or traveling in South Africa, this app is a must. I operate a remote business that requires wifi and meetings overseas, so it's critical to plan for load shedding. This app makes that easy. The user interface is intuitive, and it's easy to find the information you need. You can follow multiple areas at once to coordinate around load shedding, which is really nice. This app makes checking load shedding like checking the weather.

Uninstalled app after latest change because it is simply too time consuming now that everything is no longer "all there ". There are so many apps that need be checked daily and am not prepared to spend extra time clicking all the boxes on this one. Thanks anyway.

I'm updating my review because this app has only gotten better over the years. It has been a life saver during load shedding but has built its way into being a fantastic community app. Great for sharing information during water outages to figuring out where the neighbours missing dog ran off to. I find myself relying on it more than I realise.

What’s new

📡 Posts are now Channels
Simpler is better. Each area has its own channel so it's easier to see what's happening nearby.

🔕 Less notification spam
Channels only notify you when it matters. Fine-tune per channel in settings.

🔍 Search
Find chats faster with the new search.

⚙️ Other bits
Power off vs Power on, chat prompts, scrolling fixes, and a pile of small improvements. Check the app to see!

---This is a big release — please email Jeff if you spot any bugs.---