A powerful cold front, which has caused temperatures to plummet across South Africa, has forced Eskom to escalate load shedding to include daytime cuts.
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Load shedding, which Eskom had been expected to implement only during the evening peaks this week, will now be ramped up significantly.
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After warning earlier on Monday that load shedding could be implemented at short notice, the inevitable has now happened.
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