As working Muslims struggle to make it home for iftar due to the earlier onset of Maghrib in winter, this year has been a greater challenge with the added burden of load-shedding. Power cuts in South Africa have become the day-to-day norm for many households, and for the most part,[…]
Eskom has reached payment agreements with 10 out of 20 defaulting municipalities, after the supplier issued threats that it would begin power cuts in June. “The bulk electricity supplies of municipalities that have entered into a payment agreement with Eskom will not be interrupted,” Eskom said in a statement sent[…]
Chances of load shedding on Tuesday was medium for the morning and very high for the evening and dependent on the performance of the power plant, Eskom said in a tweet. Eskom, which stopped stage 1 load shedding at about 21:46 on Monday, said the electricity supply system remains very[…]
Unlike the rest of South Africa, the Western Cape will be experiencing two stages of stage 3 load-shedding to reduce the percentage of consumers affected by power outages, Eskom Western Cape’s head Alwie Lester said on Monday. “We don’t want to take out too many customers than necessary. We don’t[…]
After a day of stage 2 power outages, Eskom has escalated load shedding to cut off 4000MW (stage 3) from the grid, which will likely end at 10pm. Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 18:00 on Tuesday, Eskom said. “Due to the vulnerable system, stage 3 load shedding[…]
EThe risk of blackouts is medium to high on Monday, power utility Eskom said. “Should anything unexpected happen on the generation side we may need to go into load shedding,” its media desk said. Eskom urged its customers to use electricity sparingly to ease the pressure on the power grid.[…]
The chance of power cuts on Wednesday is low to medium, power utility Eskom said on Wednesday. “Today’s load shedding prognosis is low to medium. Medium to high during the evening, dependent on the performance of the generating plant,” the electricity supplier posted on its Twitter account at 8.48am. On[…]
A Mitchell’s Plain woman was forced to empty out her fridge at the weekend, after agents representing the City of Cape Town disconnected her electricity. Faghma Adams, a single parent, claimed this happened after she refused to have a prepaid meter box installed to her house. After numerous attempts by[…]
Stage one power cuts will be implemented on Monday afternoon, electricity provider Eskom said. The company posted on its Twitter feed at 2.30pm: “Stage 1 load shedding to be implemented from 4pm to 10pm due to shortage of capacity.” Earlier on Monday, spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said Eskom could meet current[…]
Eskom would implement stage one blackouts from 10am on Wednesday, it said. “There is a high demand for power and Eskom cannot meet the demand,” said spokesman Khulu Phasiwe. He said the risk of blackouts was high for the rest of the week. Johannesburg City Power spokesman Sol Masolo said[…]
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