The announcement was made by Eskom spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha, this morning, citing a number of issues going into the weekend.
Eskom increased the loadshedding after initially announcing that stage 3 would be in place until further notice.
This comes after Eskom warned South Africans to prepare themselves for longer periods of loadshedding during the power utility’s operating performance and the state of rolling blackouts briefing.Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer, acknowledged that the power utility’s capacity was in a terrible state, having spent R11.2 billion on open-cycle gas turbines as of the end of last month.
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