Eskom will implement stage-4 load shedding from 2pm on Friday until 5am on Saturday, with the power cuts to continue all weekend.
Author: Staff Reporter
Just a day after South Africa went to the polls in local government elections, Eskom has again said it will implement rolling power cuts.
There is a strong possibility that Eskom will again implement load shedding as soon as Tuesday.
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Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has tried to assure South Africans that the elections on 1 November will not be disrupted by a lack of power.
Eskom’s electricity supply crisis is intensifying, with the state-owned power monopoly implementing stage-4 load shedding from midday on Wednesday.
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So far this year, Eskom has experienced 342 unit trips against a target of 196, 4.61GW of load losses against a target of 3.97GW and 23.1% unplanned load losses against a target of 18%.