Eskom to cut your lights with stage 5 load shedding until Monday | The Citizen

JUST IN: A weekend of darkness: Eskom said due to the breakdown of five generating units, stage 5 load shedding is necessary, with the possibility of higher stages.LoadShedding Stage5

says it will be switching off your lights even longer by implementing stage 5 load shedding from 10am on Saturday until 5am on Monday, with the possibility of higher stages of deliberate power cuts should there be any further breakdowns or loss of generation capacity.

The dark lords at Megawatt Park said the breakdown of five generating units overnight on Friday and Saturday morning, with combined capacity of 2 400MW, has necessitated the escalation of rolling blackouts to stage 5.Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said the rolling blackouts will be implemented until 05:00 on Monday.

“Should any further breakdowns occur, higher stages of load shedding may be implemented at short notice. On Sunday, through a media briefing Eskom will provide the outlook of the load shedding stages for the week ahead as the teams are working around the clock to return units to service.”“A unit each at Kusile, Arnot and Camden, as well as two units at Duvha Power Station tripped.

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