Load shedding schedule
Day 3: Load shedding resumes in SA
It’s the third consecutive day of rotational power cuts as the utility deals with a constrained generation system.
Eskom has warned it could implement load shedding on Monday should it lose generating units during the day.
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This after a week of frequent and prolonged rolling blackouts under stage 4 load shedding.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, however, doesn't believe power outages will be intensified beyond stage four.
The power utility on Tuesday said power cuts would likely last for the next six months, but denied that it had plans in place for stage 5 and 6 load shedding.
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The display, with the headline ‘The ANC has Killed the Lights,’ suggests that Eskom and the ANC have failed the country.
In a statement, the board said it convened an urgent meeting with the company’s executive management and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.
The cash-strapped company warned of wider controlled power cuts on Monday after six additional generating units unexpectedly went offline.
Eskom says stage 4 outages are likely to last until about 10pm.
Load shedding will take place from 1pm until 10pm on Monday. This comes after the parastatal announced that it had lost six additional generating units.
Eskom boss Brian Molefe says they don’t expect to have to implement load shedding anytime soon.
The power utility says four of its big generators broke down yesterday & the grid remains under pressure.
After 30 days of uninterrupted supply, South Africans experienced stage one load shedding last night.
The situation could however change as maintenance work might take place during the summer.
Eskom announced that a new load shedding schedule for the Western Cape will be rolled out on 1 July. Picture: Eskom.