Stage 2 power cuts to return from Wednesday 14:00 through to Saturday
ESKOM will implement stage 2 load shedding from 2 pm Wednesday 17 Nov 2021.
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has given an update on the country’s fragile power system as the utility continues to battle breakdowns.
Eskom will implement stage two rolling blackouts from 2 pm on Wednesday until Saturday.
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has given an update on the country’s fragile power system as the utility continues to battle breakdowns.
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We now have insufficient generation capacity at our disposal and as such we have no alternative but to implement stage two load shedding from 2 pm this afternoon until 5 am on Saturday morning, the 20th of November
| De Ruyter said.
On Tuesday, five units at our ageing and inefficient power plants went offline.
De Ruyter said that they were also dealing with two boiler tube leaks at the Kusile and Medupi plants.
Eskom is once again urging us all to reduce our demand on electricity when we do have it.
Article originally appeared in Eye Witness News