Eskom announced on Friday that it will suspend load shedding as demand declined ahead of the weekend.
This after the power utility had implemented stage 2 load shedding between 10pm and 5am on Wednesday and Thursday.
Though load shedding has been suspended because the demand for electricity has dropped, Eskom still requested that South Africans continue use electricity sparingly as the system remained vulnerable.
A home affairs building. For illustration purposes. Picture: Ashraf Hendricks
In keeping up with government’s so-called fourth industrial revolution (4IR) endeavours, the Department of Home Affairs is building a digital national identity system (NIS), which it says will be inclusive, secure, accurate, confidential and responsive.