Loadshedding reduced to stage 3 this week
Eskom has released its loadshedding plan for the week ahead saying that the power cuts will dip to stage 3.
Stage 4 will continue today but will escalate to stage 5 from 16h00 this afternoon.
The utility's spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha explains that the power producer will switch between stages 3 and 4 from Tuesday.
"Loadshedding will then be reduced to Stage 3 during the day between 05h00 and 16h00 on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Stage 4 will be implemented from 16h00 until 05h00 on Tuesday and Wednesday morning."
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He says that over the past 24 hours generating units suffered breakdowns at three power stations and had to be taken offline for repairs.
They have not been able to return units to service at five stations which contributed to capacity constraints.
