It's back to stage 6 power cuts for South Africans as Eskom announced it would implement the high stage of load-shedding from Tuesday evening "to replenish emergency reserves".
Briefing the media on Sunday, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said: I want to repeat on record, we were never at Stage 8; we were on Stage 6.
On Wednesday, Ramokgopa briefed the public enterprises committee for the first time since his appointment early this year, where he provided feedback on the energy action plan and how they’ve managed to avert higher stages of load shedding over the last few months.