Eskom has announced that load shedding will be downgraded to stage three from 9pm Thursday.
The power utility also announced that load shedding will be revised to stage two starting at 5am on Friday, until 5am Saturday.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says, “Having returned some generation capacity to service over the past 24-hours, Eskom is pleased to announce that load shedding will be reduced to stage 3 from 9pm this evening until 5am on Friday. Thereafter, stage two load shedding will be implemented as previously indicated until 5am on Saturday. Over the past 24 hours, a unit each at the Koeberg, Medupi, Kriel, Kusile and Tutuka power stations have returned to service, helping to ease the current capacity constraints.”
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Ramaphosa on Eskom
African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is confident the intermittent power outages being experienced by Eskom will be resolved by this weekend.
Ramaphosa has downplayed concerns that sabotage of Eskom may have been the cause of load shedding.
He was speaking to journalists while campaigning for the governing ANC in Thokoza, east of Johannesburg, ahead of Monday’s local government elections.
