Eskom announces irregular load-shedding stages for the weekend

Eskom has in a statement announced that the current stage 4 load shedding will continue until 05:00 Saturday morning.

The power utility said during the day on Saturday load shedding will be reduced to stage 3.

“Stage 4 nightly load shedding will be implemented at 16:00 – 05:00 during Saturday and Sunday, while Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented at 05:00 – 16:00 on Sunday,” said Eskom in a statement.

According to the power utility, since Thursday generating units each at Camden, Duvha and Tutuka power stations returned to service while the return of a generating unit at Matla Power Station was delayed.

A generating unit each at Duvha, Grootvlei, and three units at Kriel power stations have suffered breakdowns.

“Planned maintenance to 6 482MW while breakdowns currently amount to 15 848MW of generating capacity,” reads the statement.

Here is a tabular reflection of the weekend’s load shedding:

-EWN

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