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Many South Africans have for the last couple of days been plunged into darkness, thanks to the country’s never-ending electricity crisis.
The power utility, Eskom ramped up load shedding to stage 6 last weekend, before dropping it slightly to stage 5 early this week. While many were hoping for good news coming out of Megawatt Park, Eskom announced on Thursday afternoon that stage 5 will remain with us, at least until Saturday at 5am, saying more information regarding this weekend’s forecast would be announced on Friday.Many experts have spoken about what brought the country to the power crisis it currently finds itself in and what could be the solutions going forward.