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Eskom says the stage 4 load shedding will continue throughout Thursday and Friday due to a shortage of generation capacity. The power utility says there is a possibility of lower stages of the rolling blackouts from Saturday morning.

FILE PHOTO: Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Soweto, South Africa, July 3, 2022.FILE PHOTO: Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Soweto, South Africa, July 3, 2022.will continue throughout Thursday and Friday due to a shortage of generation capacity.

The power utility says there is a possibility of lower stages of the rolling blackouts from Saturday morning. Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says Eskom teams are working around the clock to return units to service. “In view of the shortage of generation capacity and the need to carry out unplanned maintenance to return units to service, we, unfortunately, have to implement load shedding as a last resort.”“The extension of the Stage 4 load shedding is required due to further breakdowns of a generation unit each at Kendal and Majuba this morning due to boiler tube leaks.

 

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When will Eskom recover from the lower stages, whoever owes Eskom should pay, we are getting blackout but we use prepaid electricity. Pay Eskom please.

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The Worst Job at Eskom currently is the Supervisors of the Artisan-Technical Teams that must be saddled with Incompetent Artisans The Necessary Skills for Welders is very Specialized and Boilermakers must be Trade Tested Artisans if Not then that's the Problem with Maintainance

Whatever

We should just ask, how much capacity did we have in 1994 and how much capacity do we have now? Population irrespective.

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