A sustained maintenance drive has brought units at Medupi and Kusile back online, bolstering Eskom’s energy availability factor.
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The electricity minister said an anticipated improvement in electricity supply should see him out of a job by the end of 2024.
Escalated blackouts should taper off by mid-week as affected units are brought back online.
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South Africa will start a procurement process for an additional 2.5GW of nuclear power, the electricity minister said.
Eskom announced last month that it would hand over responsibility for implementing load shedding to City Power.
Stage-6 blackouts will be implemented with immediate effect and will continue until at least Monday.