Due to plant breakdowns at three power stations, Eskom will implement stage-2 load shedding for the rest of the week.
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Eskom is on track to split its generation and transmission divisions by the end of the year, its CEO said on Friday.
The power utility will reduce load shedding to stage 2 on Thursday and expects load shedding to be completely lifted by Friday morning.
How did a temporary loss of imported electricity on Saturday plunge the country into stage-4 load shedding for an entire week?
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has resisted calls from trade unions and a business group to resign amid severe electricity cuts across the country.
Eskom management is increasingly blaming staff in public for load shedding, but fails to provide the basics for them to keep the lights on, according to trade union Solidarity.
Two Eskom employees and a supplier to the embattled state-owned electricity utility have been arrested and charged with theft, fraud and corruption.
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.
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%.
Eskom, which is seeking funding to move away from coal-fired power, held “fruitful discussions” with Western climate envoys recently, its CEO said.