A day before load shedding was due to drop back down to Stage 2, Eskom has announced the return of Stage 4 in the evenings.
Eskom has imposed blackouts daily since October 31, making Monday the 99th straight day of outages, according to Bloomberg calculations.After a minor reprieve from load shedding during the day on Sunday, Eskom has announced the return of Stage 4. Eskom said breakdowns amount to 15 215MW of capacity while 5 199MW of generating capacity is out of service for planned maintenance.Eskom will start a legal process to clear the way for an upgrade of power lines and increased service to the northern Limpopo province, according to a statement by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.
"Stage 3 load shedding will then be implemented and continue until 05:00 on Sunday morning. Load shedding will be suspended until 16:00 on Sunday afternoon, when Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented." Eskom secured funding for the diesel requirements for the remainder of the financial year, which ends in March.
The power utility announced Stage 5 load shedding on Tuesday after six generating units suffered breakdowns. It also experienced delays in returning units to service.Read moreIn January, South Africa averaged out at Stage 4 load shedding – up from around Stage 2 last year The idea now seems certain to be implemented, with many in the Cabinet supporting it and believing it is procurement and regulatory obstacles holding up both fixing Eskom and bringing new capacity online.
Load shedding will initially jump to Stage 5 from noon on Tuesday, until 21:00. From there Stage 6 will run until 05:00 on Wednesday. Then, Stage 5 will continue until further notice. South Africa is considering declaring a national state of disaster as record power cuts cripple the economy. Few issues have been kicked into touch by successive administrations as much as what to do about SOEs. Privatisation has always been and still is a hot-button topic in the ANC and often pitches up as a proxy battle among ANC factions. THE ESKOM FILES | Here is the invoice Hitachi paid to ANC's Chancellor House for Kusile contract
Csn anyone tell me why NO one mention illegal electrical connections to the grid or any plans for those connections to be removed, what is more important the country and its paying customers or the illegal connections.
Argh maan nonsense
SONA that the fANCiled... A country ruined in the space of 30 years for even if they start to get it right, the damage caused will not be revovered in the next 30 years... Generations lost .....sad
eskomsalaryshedding over 40 000 employees and nobody can fix the problem, let's start salary shedding at Eskom and see how quickly they fix this problem. ESKOMSALARYSHEDDING maybe Governmentsalaryshedding as well. MORE LIES AND BS FROM ESKOM & GOVERNMENT. Retweet please
Yet new coal mines are springing up left and right, but clearly the coal is not being used here. Is it all exported?
Proud country going down
Useless Eskom_SA 🖕🏽
Surprised? Eskom as useless as ever.
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