Eskom has recently warned - prolonged outages will continue to be implemented over the next few months.
CAPE TOWN - South Africans have had to endure in excess of 200 days of power cuts this year, with no sign of the country's energy crisis improving any time soon.
In fact, Eskom has recently warned that prolonged outages will continue to be implemented over the next few months. While many businesses and factories have closed their doors for the holidays, resulting in a drop in demand for electricity, the country is currently facing Stage 3 power cuts - which will be ramped up to Stage 4 on Thursday afternoon.
"I think it's also extenuated at this time, by the fact that Eskom has taken an opportunity to do a lot of maintenance, in fact record levels of maintenance, so something like 16% of the Eskom's plant is shut down for planned maintenance," said energy analyst Chris Yelland."I think the real test will come in the middle of January...there's going to be a big 'pick up and demand and that's when the system will be really be tested.
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