LoadShedding: Eskom says the public holiday on Thursday will ease the load on its generators
The power utility started implementing rolling blackouts from last week after more breakdowns at the Medupi and Kusile power stations.
However, the electricity the country receives from Mozambique is not expected to be online soon due to the tropical cyclone that knocked down pylons. Spokesperson Andrew Etzinger said: “At least one transmission tower is down in Mozambique and it’s still very difficult to access sites because of the flooding that has occurred there. So, our engineers are still unable to say when we can expect the power to plug in back to South Africa.”
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