Government has issued a request for proposals to procure 2GW of emergency power, a step needed to help plug a severe energy shortage, the department of energy said on Saturday.
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Slow reforms and the return of rolling power cuts in South Africa could threaten the recovery of an economy that probably bottomed in the second quarter.
Eskom has suspended planned power cuts, after returning to service overnight three generating units at coal-fired power stations, the state utility said on Friday.
Electricity monopoly utility Eskom has shuffled some senior managers weeks after missing its own target for restricting power outages.
Eskom said on Wednesday it would extend scheduled blackouts into Thursday as breakdowns continued to weigh on the system.
Eskom will implement stage-2 rotational load shedding from 4pm on Tuesday, with the power cuts set to continue all day on Wednesday, the state-owned electricity utility said.
Due to the unavailability of several generation units, the power system will be severely constrained this week, according to state-owned electricity monopoly Eskom.
South Africa could experience load shedding for the next two to three years if urgent steps are not taken to mitigate against energy shortages, according to new research by the CSIR.
Eskom will continue implementing rotational blackouts on Friday as it struggles with electricity generation problems at several of its plants.
Eskom implemented rotational blackouts on Thursday after it failed to return power generation units to the grid and after additional breakdowns overnight.