LOCAL Eskom says it will reintroduce Stage 2 rolling blackouts daily from Monday. It will be implemented from 16:00 until 05:00 the next morning. Eskom says this will continue until further notice. There will be no rolling blackouts on Sunday. Meanwhile, A total of 199 centres have been affected by[…]
The Basic Education Department says Eskom told its officials that it is not possible to exempt examination centres from rolling blackouts because they are not situated in one central place. The Matric class of 2022 will begin their final examinations on Tuesday, amid concerns of disruptions due to rolling blackouts.[…]
LOCAL The number of hospitals excluded from load-shedding across the country has increased from 37 to 72 since September after health minister Joe Phaahla stepped in to mitigate the impact of rolling power outages on the provision of essential health services. The health department said it had provided Eskom with 212[…]
LOCAL Eskom has extended Stage 3 load-shedding from 5am today until further notice. The power utility said this is due to the failure of two units at Kendal power station and a unit each at Kriel and Arnot. Eskom is still to give a full update. TimesLIVE
Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented daily between 4pm and midnight from Monday to Wednesday. Eskom said load-shedding is required to help manage emergency generation reserves during the evenings. On Sunday, the utility said it had 5,244MW on planned maintenance and 15,612MW of capacity was unavailable due to breakdowns. Source:[…]
LOCAL South Africans enjoyment of uninterrupted electricity supply has been cut short as Eskom announced the reimplementation of Stage 2 until further notice. Despite the anticipation of a ‘lower weekend demand’, the embattled power utility said four generating units broke down, and the return to service of another was delayed.[…]
Eskom has suspended rolling blackouts from five o’clock this morning. The power utility says this is due to anticipated lower weekend demand, as well as adequate levels of emergency generation reserves – like diesel. Since Thursday afternoon a generation unit each at Camden, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Kendal, Kriel, Majuba, and Tutuka power stations[…]
SA, which has been experiencing energy shortages since 2008, is in the throes of its worst power cuts on record as breakdowns at Eskom’s plants reach unprecedented levels. The blackouts have caused disruptions countrywide, illustrating the challenges Europe could face as it confronts acute power shortages of its own. Here’s[…]
LOCAL Load-shedding over the weekend will be used to replenish pumped storage dam levels, said Eskom. The power utility on Friday announced that load-shedding will continue at stage 5 until 5am on Saturday, thereafter lowered to stage 4 until 5am on Sunday. Stage 3 will then be implemented until 5am[…]
LOCAL Worsening power cuts have forced President Cyril Ramaphosa to cut short his current overseas visit to deal with troubles at home. Ramaphosa made this decision after “an urgent virtual meeting with all the relevant ministers and officials,” his spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said on Sunday afternoon . Play Video Policing,[…]
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