News Flash
- Loadshedding was suspened in South Africa on Saturday morning and Sunday but stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented daily at 16:00 – 00:00 from Monday to Wednesday this coming week.
- The loadshedding will be used to replenish emergency generation reserves during the night to bolster generation capacity.
- Eskom will publish a further update on Wednesday afternoon, or as soon as any significant changes occur.
Since Saturday two generation units at Kriel and a unit each at Kendal, Komati, Lethabo, Majuba and Matla power stations have returned to service. A generating unit each at Kendal and Kusile power stations were taken offline for repairs.
Eskom currently has 5 487MW on planned maintenance, while another 14 061MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
