Eskom has warned of a full day of load shedding on Monday, saying a number of power generating units are still out of service. The power utility had hoped to have enough generating units functioning to not have to ration electricity at the start of the week. Eskom spokesperson Khulu[…]
Power utility Eskom is currently facing coal shortages and maintenance backlogs. South Africa faces a dark festive season after Eskom announced loadshedding will be implemented for the remainder of the year. Eskom deputy spokeperson Dikatso Mothae said the power stations are not operating optimally. “We’ve seen a lot of breakdowns[…]
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 1 load shedding from 17:00 on Thursday, after nine days of no load shedding. They said on Twitter that it would likely end at 22:00. The City of Cape Town tweeted on Thursday that its residents need not worry. “Despite Eskom’s call for[…]
Eskom said on Friday there was currently no planned load shedding as it had enough generating capacity to meet the demand. This follows the first full day without load shedding in a month after Eskom resumed power cuts on April 29, breaking a five-day streak of no load shedding. Eskom thanked[…]
Eskom said on Friday it regrets to announce that Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 06:00 until 22:00 today.Eskom said in his latest System Status Bulletin released on Thursday that the electricity system remains significantly constrained, but the situation is expected to improve slightly going into the weekend,[…]
Eskom warned on Thursday that the possibility of evening load shedding is high and is dependent on the performance of Eskom’s power plant. This was the case since Monday, but this time Eskom also omitted its medium “prognosis” for the day. Evening load shedding has started at 17:00 and ended[…]
Eskom will resume power cuts for the sixth day in a row when it starts implementing stage 1 load shedding from 06:00 on Friday morning. This is likely to continue until 22:00 this evening, the utility said. Load shedding started on Sunday and was kicked up a notch on both[…]
Dinner by candlelight conversations often get heated when a guest boasts that they are exempt from load shedding. Possible reasons for this included living near President Jacob Zuma or other powerful leaders. But this week, the City of Cape Town shed light on this heavy load for burdened consumers. As[…]
More load-shedding is on the cards on Tuesday and is likely to continue until 10pm the evening. Eskom said the electricity supply system remains very vulnerable due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages. “Eskom would like[…]
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 10:00 on Sunday morning. “This is due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages,” the power utility said. Load shedding was expected to continue until[…]
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