Eskom suspended power cuts overnight and restarted them at a lower stage on Sunday morning.
Crisis communication manager Menzi Mngomezulu said this was due to lower demand overnight.
The state-owned power utility previously planned to load-shed at stage 4 between 05:00 and 16:00 on Sunday, increasing to stage 6 for the evening peak.MyBroadband contacted Eskom for clarification, and Mngomezulu said they would provide another update at 10:30 on Sunday.at 19:46 on Saturday.Eskom had removed 5,458 MW of load from the grid through demand-side reduction. No load curtailment was announced, so the bulk of this was likely load-shedding.
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