Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha explains, “Loadshedding was cancelled at 08:00 this morning, owing to a sufficient recovery in generating capacity and pumped storage dam levels. Loadshedding will be reinstated at 17:00 and the stage will be confirmed during the afternoon and the stage will be communicated during the afternoon.”The Dawid Kruiper Municipality in Upington, Northern Cape, says it is struggling to fill its water reservoirs because of rolling blackouts.
Temperatures in one of South Africa’s hottest towns have been hovering around the mid-thirties for the past week with no respite in sight. Spokesperson for the municipality Patrick Williams say the continued rolling blackouts and the high water demand have left reservoirs near empty. Reservoir levels are critically low, and the municipality is not getting enough time to refill them.“As we all know the water is pumped from the river by machines that are operated by electricity. So as a result of load shedding, we are struggling to pump water into the reservoirs. And once the water is in the reservoirs, it is used very quickly.
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