Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will place the country on load shedding between stages 3 and 4 for the rest of the week. The country was plunged into Stage 6 load shedding for the most part of last week, due to power stations maintenance and a number of power units tripping, including Dhuva. Briefing the media in Pretoria on Sunday, Ramokgopa claims that planned maintenance was a priority. “We are […]
Stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented until 4pm on Monday afternoon and stage 5 until 5am on Tuesday morning. Load-shedding will be reduced to stage 3 from 5am until 4pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Stage 4 will be implemented from 4pm until 5am on Tuesday and Wednesday. Electricity imports from the Cahora Bassa hydro scheme in Mozambique have been halved to 6OOMW due to a tower failure on one line […]
The Presidency says it has so far secured 320 megawatts of electricity to enable it to start removing government departments from the national grid. It says very soon departments from all three tiers of government will be off the national grid to lessen the burden on the struggling power utility, Eskom. Addressing the media at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Sunday, the Head of Infrastructure, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, said the […]
Eskom has announced stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 9am on Wednesday due to further breakdowns and delayed returns to service of generating units. The power utility’s spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented until further notice. Source: TimesLive
LOCAL Eskom says Stage 4 rolling blackouts were implemented at 05:26 on Friday morning until further notice. The power utility says breakdowns amounting to 17 056MW of generation capacity, low pumped storage dam levels and lack of diesel are the reasons for the increase in the power cuts. Three days ago, the power utility implemented stage 2 blackouts. Source: SABC news Photo: Pixabay
LOCAL Eskom says the sudden tripping of three Kendal Power Station units on Tuesday morning has forced the power utility to implement Stage 4 blackouts across South Africa “A sudden tripping of three Kendal Power Station units (1 920MW maximum generating capacity) has forced the implementation of Stage 4 loadshedding starting at 10:00 this morning. This will last until 05:00 on Thursday morning,” says Eskom Spokesperson, Sikonathi Mantshantsha. […]
More power cuts are expected this week. Eskom says Stage 4 load shedding will continue from 5am on Monday morning until midnight on Wednesday. The power utility says this is due to what it termed an unlawful and unprotected labour action at a number of its power stations, causing delays in the ability to carry out maintenance and repairs. Eskom spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha, “to conserve generation capacity and to safeguard […]
LOCAL Eskom says there is a possibility that the stage of rolling blackouts may have to be escalated at short notice, depending on the state of the plant and the availability of labour. The blackouts moved from stage 2 to stage 4 on Friday and this is expected to persist until Wednesday, for now. Eskom blames the unprotected industrial action at various of its power stations for the move to stage 4 blackouts, […]
Eskom has announced that Stage 4 rolling blackouts are being implemented. The power utility says this follows the tripping of the Majuba Unit 5 and Tutuka Unit 4. The country has been dealing with Stage two rolling blackouts since Sunday after a two-day reprieve. The power utility says CEO André de Ruyter will hold a virtual media briefing to update the public on the current system challenges. Source: SABC News
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