Business Unity South Africa (Busa) says Eskom’s failure to address the ongoing rolling blackouts has led to the country’s lowest business confidence in 13 years. This comes as Eskom implemented Stage 4 load shedding, which is expected to last until Friday morning. Thereafter Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented[…]
Eskom says it will implement stage two load shedding from 9am on Tuesday morning. This after the power utility announced that the rolling power cuts would start at 6pm on Tuesday evening. Load shedding will end at 5am on Saturday. Eskom Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer on Monday said worsening[…]
Power utility, Eskom, says it will implement Stage 2 load shedding from 9pm on Tuesday to 5am on Wednesday due to a shortage of generation capacity. It says available generation capacity was reduced by the tripping of three generation units. Eskom says the load shedding is also necessary in order[…]
Energy expert Chris Yelland says Eskom is on “Code Red” for the next six weeks. Eskom announced Stage 2 load-shedding will continue until Wednesday. “It really is expected, Eskom has been giving the message, loud and clear, they’ll be load-shedding for at least next two years. “Last year we were saved by COVID-19 as the demand[…]
Eskom has continued with stage 2 load shedding this weekend which was expected to last until 11 pm on Sunday. The utility extended the rotational power cuts on Friday night as it battled to keep the lights on due to breakdowns. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said there was a possibility[…]
Brace for another day of stage 4 load-shedding. Embattled power utility Eskom on Wednesday night confirmed that the stage 4 rotational power cuts would continue on Thursday from 8am to 10pm due to “continuing severe generation supply constraints”. Stage 4 was originally put in place from 4pm on Wednesday. Eskom[…]
Cold rainy days and dark nights are back again. Capetonians need to prepare as both an intense cold front and load shedding are on the cards for Wednesday, September 2. On Tuesday night [September 1] Eskom announced Stage 2 load shedding would pick up again from 8am to 10pm on[…]
Stage 2 load-shedding will resume from midday on Tuesday following the breakdown of additional units overnight, and constraints on the system are expected to persist for the rest of the week. Ten generation units at seven power stations suffered breakdowns in the past 48 hours, the power utility said. Generators[…]
South Africans will wake up to another day of load shedding on Sunday, Eskom has said. Stage 2 load shedding will start at 08:00 and continue until 22:00. “Implementing loadshedding [on Sunday] is necessary in order to replenish the emergency generation reserves to better prepare for the coming week. Due[…]
No loadshedding was expected this week, but South African power utility, Eskom, warned on Sunday that the possibility that loadshedding may be implemented remained high. “Eskom does not expect to implement loadshedding during the week, but the possibility that loadshedding may be implemented remains. The system remains constrained and vulnerable,”[…]
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