South Africa in for another day of Stage 1 loadshedding
Loadshedding will take place today from 09:00 until 06:00 tomorrow.
Loadshedding will take place today from 09:00 until 06:00 tomorrow.
Eskom has restored some capacity and as such loadshedding won’t be as bad on Monday.
A sharp uptick in unplanned outages on Wednesday means Eskom can’t suspend loadshedding on Thursday.
There will be brief respite from 06:00 to 09:00 in the morning to account for traffic.
Things at Eskom will get worse before they get better according to group CEO, Andre De Ruyter.
Eskom has depleted emergency resources used to meet the shortfall of the grid and so, loadshedding returns for the weekend.
Loadshedding will run from 21:00 on Thursday until 06:00 on Friday.
Due to breakdowns and reliance on diesel generators to meet the shortfall, Eskom may implement loadshedding on Thursday.
The country’s power utility has cost the economy quite a bit.
Loadshedding Stage 8 is planned for but not expected at this stage says Eskom.
South Africans are trying to determine whether the Presidency knows what’s happening at Eskom while coping with loadshedding.
Stage 2 loadshedding to run from 08:00 on Thursday to 06:00 on Friday says Eskom.