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Eskom gives SA more Stage 4 for Human Rights Day

Eskom announced on Wednesday night that there would be another day of Stage 4 load shedding for most of Thursday, despite it being a public holiday.

File Photo: Jacques Naude/African News Agency(ANA)

Human Rights Day would have to make do without 4,000MW of power, with Stage 2 set to kick in from 9am, lasting until 11pm.

Stage 2 would be in effect when Stage 4 was not.

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Date: 20 March 2019

Eskom to continue with loadshedding @CityPowerJhb @CityTshwane @City_Ekurhuleni @CityofCT @eThekwiniM @NMandelaBaymuni @MangaungCity @Radio702 @JacaNews @SABCNewsOnline @ewnupdates @SowetanLIVE @GCISMedia pic.twitter.com/kwFpJe4Ydw

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) March 20, 2019

Load shedding has never gone beyond Stage 4 before.

Andrew Etzinger, senior manager at Eskom, said yesterday that he expects the rolling blackouts will actually be scaled back in coming days, but there’s little sign of that as yet.

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