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Power utility Eskom has announced the suspension of stage 1 load shedding on Wednesday, 9 September, which was scheduled to last from 4pm until 10pm.
This is due to the generation supply situation significantly improving, the power utility said in a tweet.
On Tuesday, Eskom had confirmed that load shedding was set to continue to till Wednesday.
In a statement, the power utility said unplanned breakdowns amounting to 9,424MW of capacity, adding to the 5,246MW were out on planned maintenance.
“Eskom teams are working around the clock to return as many of these generation units to service as possible,” it said.
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