Guess what, people? Eskom says you can cook Christmas dinner without interruption

25 December 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

Eskom has announced that load-shedding will be suspended at 5am on Christmas Day. It will be reimplemented at 5am on Monday, when stage 2 will come into effect until 4pm on Tuesday. Thereafter, it’s back to stage 3. Source: TimesLIVE

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Load-shedding reduced to stage 4 on Thursday, stage 3 on Sunday

15 December 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

Load-shedding was reduced to stage 4 at 5am on Thursday and will continue until 5am on Sunday morning, after which stage 3 load-shedding will be implemented, says Eskom. The power utility said since Tuesday a generating unit each at Camden, Kriel, Majuba, Matla and Duvha power stations were taken offline[…]

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Eskom announces stage 5 load-shedding

11 December 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

Eskom has implemented stage 5 load-shedding until further notice. The power utility announced on Saturday afternoon that this was due to unusually high demand and the breakdown of a generating unit each at Hendrina, Kendal and Kriel power stations. Source: TimesLIVE

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SA should not rule out Stage 8 rolling blackouts: Expert

8 December 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

Energy Expert Sampson Mamphweli says South Africans should not rule out the possibility of Eskom implementing Stage 8 rolling blackouts. The further loss of other generating units has forced the power utility to implement Stage 6 power cuts until Friday morning. Mamphweli says should blackouts could be ramped up to Stage[…]

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Stage 4 load-shedding to kick in from 9am until further notice

7 December 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

Eskom has announced stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 9am on Wednesday due to further breakdowns and delayed returns to service of generating units. The power utility’s spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented until further notice. Source: TimesLive

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More load-shedding on the cards as the new week begins

28 November 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

LOCAL Eskom says load-shedding will be suspended at midnight on Sunday and resume on stage 1 on Monday from 5am to 4pm. “Stage 2 load-shedding will then be implemented daily from 4pm throughout the night to 5am the following morning until further notice,” the power utility said. It was anticipated[…]

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Diesel supplies see load-shedding reduced to stage 3 in the evenings

25 November 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

LOCAL Load-shedding will be reduced to stage 3 during the evenings from Thursday and throughout the weekend, Eskom said after PetroSA provided millions of litres of diesel. On Wednesday, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan told parliament state-owned PetroSA has made 50-million litres of diesel available to Eskom, which announced last week it[…]

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No end in sight: Eskom reimplements up to Stage 5 power cuts this week

20 November 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

LOCAL Eskom says it will be implementing stage four rolling blackouts from five pm this afternoon. The power utility temporarily suspended the rolling blackouts for a few hours today. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says Stage five loadshedding will be implemented tomorrow evening, as well as Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. “Loadshedding will[…]

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Eskom implements Stage 4 rolling blackouts until further notice

18 November 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

LOCAL Eskom says Stage 4 rolling blackouts were implemented at 05:26 on Friday morning until further notice. The power utility says breakdowns amounting to 17 056MW of generation capacity, low pumped storage dam levels and lack of diesel are the reasons for the increase in the power cuts. Three[…]

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Eskom escalated loadshedding, fluctuating between Stage 2 and 3

15 November 2022 • Local, News • No Comments

NATIONAL Stage 3 load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm on Monday afternoon until 5am on Tuesday. The enforced power cuts will revert to stage 2 between 5am and 4pm on Tuesday before the higher stage returns for the afternoon and evening. This is due to a high level of breakdowns[…]

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