Load shedding stages: Here s how it affects you Updated
Newswatch
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South
Africans are in for a rough ride until at least Sunday due to constant rolling
blackouts.
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Eskom says
there ll be further load shedding until at least the start of next week, but
due to unexpected breakdowns at the utility’s various power stations, it s
unsure which stages will be implemented.
The powersupplier initiated Stage 3 load shedding for Thursday, which will end at 10pm.
At this stage, it says Stage 2 load shedding will kick in after that.
The utility
has explained to Newswatch how the power cut stages work.
Power crisis escalates as Eskom implements Stage 4 load shedding Updated
Nushera Soodyal
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Eskom
has ramped up load shedding, moving the rolling blackouts to Stage 4 from 2pm
on Wednesday until 10pm.
AFP
Eskom
spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says the increase is due to the an increase
in breakdowns at it s Medupi and Duvha power stations.
Mantshantsha
says it s also due to the high demand due to the cold weather. This
is in order to ration the remaining emergency generation reserves, which have
been depleted. These emergency reserves are required to respond to further
emergencies in order to maintain the stability of the national grid.