Eskom load reduction
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Eskom deliberately cut power to many communities in these parts of Gauteng at 5 am, with the utility saying it was safeguarding its network from overloading.
Eskom said this is part of efforts to reduce overloading on its network capacity which results to damage of its infrastructure.
Eskom said the blackouts were due to load reduction which has been implemented from 5 am to 9 am on Sunday morning.
The power utility said it was trying to prevent network overloading in high density communities in Gauteng.
Eskom said it would restore power to frustrated customers at 9am.
The power utility pulled the plug on customers in many parts of Tshwane at 5am.
Eskom implemented so called "load reduction" in many communities in the capital from 5am.
Residents could expect the so called "load reduction" to end at 9am.
Soweto, Ivory Park residents without power as Eskom implements load reduction
It says the outages are part of its "load reduction timetable" which aims to prevent network overloading in Gauteng communities.
The power utility implemented so called "load reduction" in many communities in Tshwane.
Eskom cut off supply to many communities in these parts of Gauteng as part of its so called "load reduction" timetable.
The power utility cut their electricity at 5am and called on affected customers not to report the outages.
The power utility said it was trying to avoid network overloading in high density areas of Gauteng by implementing so called "load reduction".
The power utility said the so called "load reduction" would last until 9am.
The power utility said it implemented so called "load reduction" to prevent network overloading in parts of Gauteng.
The power utility implemented the cuts to avoid overloading the system.