Eskom puts load shedding on pause
South Africans will get a break from load shedding from Saturday morning.
Eskom says it's suspending the rolling blackouts at 5am.
Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says the utility has built up enough emergency reserves.
He says since Thursday afternoon, a unit each at seven powers stations returned to service.
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"Since yesterday afternoon a generation unit each at Camden, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Kendal, Kriel, Majuba and Tutuka power stations have returned to service.
"A generating unit at Duvha Power Station was taken offline for repairs. We currently have 5 512MW on planned maintenance, while another 13 484MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns."
The utility has warned capacity constraints remain.
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