Eskom warned that stage-2 load shedding will continue until the end of the week and is likely this weekend, too, and South Africans should get used to regular rolling blackouts for the next year and a half.
Author: Staff Reporter
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Eskom will implement rolling blackouts until at least Thursday, the failing, government-owned electricity utility said on Sunday.
Rolling blackouts will return to South Africa on Thursday evening, Eskom said in a statement. The stage-2 load shedding will take place between 9pm and 6am on Friday.
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