The outlook for load shedding for the foreseeable future has deteriorated significantly.
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Three Eskom contractors and an Eskom employee have been arrested for alleged criminal activity at two of the utility’s power stations.
South Africa wants to spend billions of dollars fostering an electric vehicle industry, complicating efforts to finalise an $8.5-billion climate aid package.
Eskom said it expects to reduce the intensity of load shedding by midnight, after which a mix of stage-2 and stage-3 cuts will be implemented.
South Africa, the world’s 13th biggest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases, will unveil details on how it plans to cut emissions next month.
Eskom had an ugly surprise for South Africans as they woke up on Tuesday morning: stage-4 load shedding had returned.
Eskom on Friday signed lease agreements with private power producers for the construction of renewable energy plants on its land in Mpumalanga.
Eskom will reduce this week’s relatively mild stage-2 rotational power cuts even further by Friday, the utility said in a statement.
After the longest bout of rotational load shedding in South Africa’s history, Eskom will has finally announced an end – for now.
South Africa is a month into the current bout of load shedding, yet the crippling power cuts are set to continue for the foreseeable future.