Cape Town – Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding is set to be implemented from 21:00 on Saturday to 05:00 on Monday.
“This load shedding is due to a failure of a generation unit each at Kusile, Medupi and Arnot power stations, as well as a delay of a unit returning to service at Tutuka power station,” Eskom said in a statement.
“In addition to the above, the failure of the coal conveyors at Medupi led to reduced output at the station. While this has since been rectified, it will take some time to recover the full operations,” it said.
The power utility appealed to South Africans to help reduce the usage of electricity by switching off non-essential items.
Due to generation capacity constraints, Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 21:00 tonight until 05:00 on Monday morning pic.twitter.com/ksc6RSDqIj
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 4, 2021
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