Eskom to knock load shedding down to stage 3 on Thursday night
Eskom says load shedding will be reduced to stage 3 from 9pm on Thursday until 5am on Friday.
It will then be taken down to stage 2 until Monday at 5am.
Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshatsha says this is due to some recovery in generation capacity over the past 24 hours.
"The emergency generation reserves have sufficiently improved to permit a reduction in the stage of load shedding."
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"A generation unit each at Matla, Medupi, Kusile and Camden power stations have returned to service while a unit each at Matla, Lethabo and Arnot power stations were taken offline for repairs during the same period. Two other units are expected to return to service today."
Five more generation units are expected to return on Monday afternoon.
The country is currently experiencing stage 4.
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