Power cuts for over 60 South areas
South residents should brace themselves for stage 2 power cuts.
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – On December 8, @Eskom_SA tweeted a warning that Stage two load shedding would commence at 09:00 due to a further plant deterioration of a plant. This came after an announcement by Johannesburg City Power on December 7, notifying residents in 60 areas in the South of power cuts.
“Eskom will continue #LoadShedding in stage 2 till 22:00 due to machines not returning to service as expected. We urge consumers to use electricity sparingly at all times, read the tweets by @Eskom_SA.”
The public announcement by City Power listed Aspen Hills, Bassonia, Roseacre, Ridgeway South, Glenanda, Klipriviersberg, Tulisa Park, Mulbarton and Oakdene amoung other areas as those that would be affected should power outages go ahead.
According to @Eskom_SA there have been a number of hoaxes being circulated which they allege provided inaccurate information, confusion and unnecessary panic. They stated that they were aware of the issue.
Tweets by Eskom from December 7 read:
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA on December 7: “Eskom will continue to communicate openly and transparently via social and traditional media. Follow us for current and factual information.”
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA on December 7: “Eskom commenced load restoration which means that load shedding has been terminated for the day and electricity will be available to all areas.”
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA on December 8: “Eskom has commenced load shedding in stage 1 at 08:00 until 12:00 today. The units we took out over the weekend have not returned.”
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA on December 8: “Please note that Eskom will move to stage 2 load shedding from 09:00 due to a further deterioration of plant availability.”
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA on December 8: “Eskom will continue #LoadShedding in stage 2 till 22:00 due to machines not returning to service as expected.”
Eskom Hld SOC Ltd @Eskom_SA on December 8: “We urge consumers to use electricity sparingly at all times.”
Residents are urged to keep updated with on the minute updates by Eskom on latest developments on Twitter and they can also tweet their grievances directly.
