Power cuts down a notch to stage 5

Power cuts brought down a notch to stage 5

Eskom reduced load shedding slightly on Friday morning.

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"Due to the slight improvement in generation capacity and lower demand, stage 5 load shedding will be implemented from 06:00 today until further notice," say the embattled utility's Daphne Mokwena. 


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Mokwena says they will publish another update if there're any major changes.

 

South Africans were not given a breather, when the utility ramped up power cuts to stage 6 recently. 

 

Eskom said it was struggling to return some generating units to service.

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