Eskom load shedding
Eskom implements stage 2 loadshedding on Thursday morning
The utility says its battling with several breakdowns of generation units at its plants, which have taken 2,000 megawatts off the grid.
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Eskom suspends load shedding
The power utility said it will suspend load shedding from noon on Sunday due to an improved generation system and low demand.
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Load shedding brought down to Stage 1 from noon
Eskom says due to a drop in electricity demand going into the weekend and the restoration of its Koeberg unit in cape town the scale of power cuts has minimized.
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Pause...begin: Eskom suspends load shedding from 5 pm, but will resume on Sunday
Eskom says due to the improvement of generating power on Saturday, it is able to provide relief to customers who have been experiencing power cuts for weeks.
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Load shedding: Stage 2, then 3 and now back to 2 – all in one weekend
The power utility says four of its generating units successfully returned to service overnight after it has announced the implementation of Stage 3 load shedding on Saturday.
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It's lights out…again – Eskom to implement Stage 3 load shedding from 9am
The struggling power utility says despite some of its units returning to service on Friday night, they have has to accommodate the shortage of capacity and replenish reserves.
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Eskom will update you this evening on load shedding for this weekend
The utility had warned of a high probability of continuing rolling blackouts until Sunday, despite an earlier plan to switch the lights back on from Friday.
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Low risk of load shedding this weekend, says Eskom
The battling utility, which has managed to keep the lights on since last week, says its generating units have improved.
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Cosatu: Mabuza resignation ‘long overdue’, rest of board must follow
On Friday Jabu Mabuza resigned as Eskom board chair amid reports that Ramaphosa was misled about the period of load shedding.
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Dark times at Eskom amid load shedding and Mabuza resignation
Eskom will implement load shedding from 9am on Saturday, a day after board chair Jabu Mabuza resigned over the utility's failure to meet its commitment of no load shedding until 13 January.
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Eskom makes no promises over load shedding, small business feel the pinch
The power utility downgraded load shedding to stage 1, but says it can’t give a prognosis at this stage on whether rolling blackouts would continue this weekend.
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Andre de Ruyter officially begins tenure as Eskom CEO
Andre de Ruyter assumed his duties 10 days earlier than initially expected after he was asked to start sooner after load shedding escalated to stage 6 last month.
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Eskom warns system constrained but assures SA there’ll be no load shedding
The parastatal says it has experienced several unplanned breakdowns on its units since the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Load shedding puts strain on City Power system
Eskom has been implementing rolling blackouts across the country and is expected to continue until 11pm on Saturday night.
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Eskom: No load shedding planned, despite vulnerable system
Eskom said it had sufficient diesel for its open-cycle gas turbines and water for its pumped storage schemes to supplement the shortage of capacity.
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Eskom urges customers to help ease the strain on its systems
The power utility says customers need to play their part in reducing demand to avoid the implementation of load-shedding.
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The lights will stay on but blackouts may still happen, says Eskom
The power utility says though no load shedding is scheduled for Saturday, the system is still heavily constrained.
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Load shedding: JMPD deploys officers to direct Sandton traffic congestion
Parts of the city were gridlocked on Wednesday with traffic lights flashing due to power cuts in the area.
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Absa PMI rises in April as blackout fears ease
The lack of load shedding during the month may have supported the slight improvement in sentiment, Absa said.
