The announcement came as the country entered amended level 3 lockdown, with citizens being urged to stay at home.
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Eskom said on Tuesday it would be implementing stage 2 load shedding as of 10pm.
The announcement came as the country entered amended level 3 lockdown, with citizens being urged to stay at home.
In a statement, Eskom said stage 2 would be in effect until 5am, and kick in again on Wednesday night.
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This was being done “to preserve emergency generation reserves” and came as a result of both planned maintenance and unplanned outages.
Eskom to implement loadshedding Stage 2 starting at 22:00 overnight until 05:00, again on Wednesday night@News24 @Radio702 @SABCNews @NewzroomAfrika @eNCA @IOL @ewnupdates @SundayTimesZA @SowetanLIVE pic.twitter.com/y1yTd2G6IV
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 29, 2020
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