Cape Town – Eskom has said that it will suspend load shedding from 21:00 on Sunday.
The power utility announced stage 2 power cuts on Saturday, saying it was due to generation units failing at Kusile, Medupi, and Arnot power stations.
But on Sunday it said that emergency generation reserves had adequately recovered.
“Eskom is pleased to inform the public that load shedding will be suspended from 21:00 tonight, as the emergency reserves have adequately recovered.
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“Eskom is anticipating to return to service approximately 4 100MW of generation capacity on Monday evening, which will further ease the capacity constraints,” said the power unitility in a statement.
It appealed to South Africans to help reduce the usage of electricity by switching off non-essential items.
Emergency generation reserves have adequately recovered, allowing loadshedding to be suspended from 21:00 tonight@News24 @Newzroom405 @SABCNews @eNCA @SundayTimesZA @SowetanLIVE @IOL pic.twitter.com/bCZXTZ4rDI
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 5, 2021
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