Cape Town – Eskom has announced that varying stages of load shedding will be implemented from Friday until Monday morning.
Currently, Stage 1 load shedding is in place until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, after which it will be escalated to Stage 3 until midnight.
Power cuts will be suspended until 5:00 a.m. on Friday, and then the cycle will repeat on Friday and Saturday.
Varying stages of loadshedding will be implemented from Friday until Monday morning pic.twitter.com/S2vNIonzhy
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) July 6, 2023
“Breakdowns slightly increased to 15 100 MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance slightly increased to 5 252MW,” Eskom said in a statement.
Within the past 24 hours, a generating unit at the Arnot power station was brought back online, but a unit at the Matimba power station experienced a breakdown.
There are also delays in returning two generating units at the Tutuka power station to service.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
