Load reduction
Eskom implements load reduction in Vaal, Soweto
Eskom said the blackouts were due to load reduction which has been implemented from 5 am to 9 am on Sunday morning.
Eskom has cut power from 5 am and the outages will last until 9 am.
The utility said it’s trying to avoid network overloading in high-density areas.
The power utility said it was trying to avoid network overloading in high density parts of the province.
Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections.
Residents in some parts of Soweto, Benoni, Brakpan and Vosloorus in Gauteng and Intabazwe in Harrismith are among the affected communities.
Areas affected by the load reduction on Tuesday include Ekangala, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve, Swartdam and Winterveld.
Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out 'load reduction' in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State.
The utility said that it had managed to return four generating units to sevice and was able to avoid load shedding until this afternoon.
Residents, who have been without electricity since June, took their frustrations to Eskom’s front door on Tuesday, staging a protest outside Megawatt Park.
Eskom said it would implement load reduction in high density areas to prevent network overloading.
The utility said it’s implemented so-called "load reduction" to prevent networking overloading in these areas.
Eskom's implemented stage two load shedding on Thursday morning, saying it was the last resort to protect the national grid.
The utility said this so-called load reduction would last until 9 pm on Wednesday.
Provinces that have been affected include Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Eskom said four power units at Tukela Power Station have suffered breakdowns adding more constrain on the system.
The utility said it was implementing the power cuts to avoid network overloading in areas prone to illegal connections.
The power utility said some residents tried to report their electrical faults to technicians on site.
The utility said that it was taking the measure to avoid network overloading in high-density areas that were prone to illegal connections, meter bypasses and vandalism of electricity infrastructure.