After a weekend without load-shedding, Eskom has announced power cuts will return from Monday evening.
Eskom has announced stage 2 load-shedding between 16:00 and midnight from Monday to Wednesday next week, 10–12 October 2022.
“To the extent possible, Eskom will endeavour to limit load-shedding to night-time to have minimal impact on the economy and population,” the power utility said. “Load-shedding 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.”
Eskom said since Saturday, two generation units at Kriel and a unit each at Kendal, Komati, Lethabo, Majuba and Matla power stations have returned to service.“We currently have 5,487MW on planned maintenance, while another 14,061MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.” The brief reprieve from load-shedding over the weekend came after more than a month of continuous power cuts —
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