No load shedding reprieve anytime soon, warns Eskom
It seems South Africans won't be getting a reprieve from
load shedding anytime soon.
Eskom will downgrade the power cuts from stage 6 to stage 5 on Friday, with that schedule set to remain in place until Saturday morning.
Another round of rolling blackouts was introduced in the country this week when the power grid came under severe pressure after multiple unit breakdowns.
READ: Eskom ramps load shedding up to stage 6
Eskom's spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says Koeberg's Unit 1 was also taken offline on Wednesday evening, which means the power woes will continue into 2023.
"The refuelling and maintenance outage starting tonight, as well as the long-term operation project of Unit 1 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, together with the October chimney failure that has forced three generation units offline at Kusile Power Station, will further reduce available generation capacity and exacerbate the occurrence of load shedding over the next six to 12 months.“
