Eskom announces stage 4 load shedding until Friday
Stage four load shedding will be implemented from 12:00 on Wednesday until 05:00 on Friday, thereafter stage two load shedding will continue until 05:00 on Saturday.
ESKOM, South Africa’s power utility, announced today that the country will move to stage four load shedding from today, October 27 to Friday, October 29.
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According to Eskom, there has been a further shortage of generation capacity and this will force the country to move to stage four from 12:00 until 05:00 on Friday.
The country can expect to return to stage two load shedding until 05:00 on Saturday.
“Over the past 24 hours a unit each at Madupi, Kusile and Matla power stations tripped while a unit each at Lethabo and Arnot power station were forced to shut down,” said Eskom in a statement.
Eskom said that load shedding is only implemented as a last resort.
“The implementation of stage four load shedding is therefore, no cause for alarm as the power system remains to be effectively controlled,” the statement read.
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