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Electricity Minister confirms Stage 6 load shedding to ease down this week
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Sunday that stage 6 load shedding will likely…
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Missing 4-month-old baby from Ga-Nala found, 2 women arrested
Two foreign national females were arrested by Kriel police on January 1 in connection with the four-month-old baby girl that…
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Eskom implements stage 6 load shedding until further notice
Eskom has confirmed that stage 6 load shedding will be implemented from 5 a.m. on Tuesday. The embattled power utility‘s…
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Lack of maintenance has led to under-performance at some power plants, says Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that the historical abandonment of maintenance on electrical infrastructure has resulted in the underperformance of…
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Eskom announces load shedding changes for the weekend
Power utility Eskom has announced reduced load shedding this weekend due to “lower demand”. The country is currently battling stage…
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Stage 4 power cuts to be in place at night until further notice
Eskom on Sunday announced that stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented from 4 pm until 5 am.…
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Stage 3 load shedding to hit SA during evening peak periods
Power utility Eskom has implemented stage 3 load shedding due to breakdowns at power stations. Sunday’s load shedding will end…
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Eskom implements Stage 1 & 3 load shedding on Saturday
Power utility Eskom has announced that it will be implementing Stage 1 and Stage 3 of load shedding on Saturday.…
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Eskom downgrades load shedding to stage 2
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 4 pm on Sunday until 5 am on…
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Stage 4 load shedding returns after Eskom’s brief reprieve
Eskom has announced that stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 4 pm on Saturday until 5 am on…
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Former Eskom employees & experts to help ease load shedding
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced that technical experts supported by the Resource Mobilisation Fund (RMF) will be stationed at…
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Eskom to implement stages 4 & 5 load shedding until further notice
Eskom has announced that stage 5 load shedding will be implemented from 4 pm this afternoon until 5 am on…
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Councillor allegedly escaped through window after trying to r@pe 12-year-old girl
A councillor, 39, has been arrested in Kriel, Mpumalanga, for housebreaking, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and…
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Power cuts escalate again as 9 generating units remain offline
We’re set to experience escalating load-shedding stages this week – beyond what was reported yesterday… This as delays in returning…
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Eskom implements stage 3 load shedding from 4pm on Sunday until 5am on Monday
Eskom will be implementing stage 3 load shedding from 4 pm on Sunday until 5 am on Monday, thereafter various…
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Eskom implements Stage 4 load shedding & various stages over the long weekend
Power utility Eskom announced it will be implementing various stages of load shedding over the upcoming long weekend. The ailing…
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Eskom announces stage 3 and 4 power cuts for week ahead
Eskom on Sunday said the country could expect to see stage 3 load shedding implemented during the day in the…
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Eskom to implement alternating Stage 3 & 4 load shedding over the weekend
South Africans will have to brave Stage 6 load shedding until 5 am on Saturday. So said Eskom in a…
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Eskom announces Stage 5 load shedding until further notice
South Africans are expected to brace themselves for even more rolling blackouts as the power utility implements Stage 5 load…
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Eskom: Stage 5 power cuts to kick in from 4PM on Tuesday
As residents contend with stage 3 power cuts, Eskom said that stage 5 load shedding was on the cards later…
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Power cuts to alternate between stage 4 and 5 this week
Eskom has announced that it will ramp up load shedding to stage 4 from 4 pm on Sunday. Load shedding…
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Eskom downgrades load shedding to stage 4 as more generating units come back online
Eskom has downgraded stage 5 load shedding to stage 4 until further notice. The reduction of the intensity has been…
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Stage 4 load shedding until further notice
Eskom is implementing stage 4 blackouts until further notice. This is due to breakdowns at Koeberg, Medupi, Kriel, Arnot, and…
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Eskom implements Stage 3 and 2 load shedding for the weekend
Eskom has announced the implementation of Stage 3 and Stage 2 load shedding for the weekend. This comes as President…
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Stage 4 power cuts implemented until Friday morning
Delays in returning a number of generating units to service has resulted in stage 4 load shedding having to be…
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Fire breaks out at Matla Power Station
A fire broke out at Matla Power Station just outside of Kriel in Mpumalanga on Wednesday. It’s believed a fuel…
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Power cuts reduced to Stage 4 from Saturday morning
Eskom has reduced load shedding to Stage 4 from Saturday morning. This will last until 5 AM Sunday, after which…
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Eskom implements Stage 4 load shedding from 9am
South Africans are plunged into darkness as power utility Eskom said Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 9…
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Load shedding suspended this weekend
Power utility Eskom announced load shedding would be suspended at midnight. Eskom said the lower weekend demand had made it…
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Stage 3 load shedding in place until Friday
Eskom has announced Stage 3 power cuts will be in place until 5 am on Friday. Stage 3 will again…
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Eskom extends Stage 3 load shedding indefinitely
Eskom has announced that stage 3 power cuts have been extended indefinitely. Blackouts were supposed to end at 5am on…
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Joburg business owners lament impact of load shedding on livelihoods
Joburg residents say they’re sick and tired of load shedding following the latest announcement of stage two power cuts from…
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Stage 3 load shedding to continue until Saturday
Blackouts will be downgraded from Stage 4 to Stage 3 from Thursday. That’s after generation units each at Arnot, Kriel,…
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Eskom extends load shedding into weekend
Eskom has announced that load shedding will be extended into the weekend. The utility said this was necessary due to…
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Eskom announces load shedding schedule for the week
Stage 3 load shedding will continue to be implemented between 00:00 and 16:00 until Thursday. Stage 4 load shedding will…
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Load shedding reduced to Stage 3 from Sunday morning
Eskom has implemented Stage 3 load shedding – which is expected to persist until Monday morning. Since Thursday, a generation…
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Eskom announces ease to stage 5 load shedding
Eskom has announced that it will reduce the stage of load shedding to stage 5 at midnight. The power utility…
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Some residents face double whammy of load shedding & water cuts in Gauteng
Gauteng residents have been warned to prepare for a double blow of load shedding and water restrictions in coming days.…
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Load shedding: Eskom hopes to keep the lights on this week despite vulnerable system
Eskom is hopeful it will be able to keep the lights on this week after a sudden round of weekend…
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Stage 2 load shedding to resume until Sunday
Eskom confirmed that load shedding stage 2 is set to continue until 10 pm on Sunday, 6 June 2021. This…
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Load shedding stage 2 to continue on Thursday
Load shedding stage 2 will continue on Thursday 3 June 2021. While Eskom didn’t provide a summary of breakdowns or…
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Eskom to implement stage 2 load-shedding from 4pm
Eskom is implementing Stage 2 load-shedding from 4pm Tuesday afternoon until 5am Wednesday morning. Eskom said there were further breakdowns…
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Eskom to suspend load shedding on Friday afternoon
Eskom has announced that it will suspend load shedding from 12pm on Friday due to some generation units returning to…
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More Stage 2 load shedding set for Monday
Eskom has announced that Stage 2 load shedding will continue on Monday. On Thursday, the power utility said that the…
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Eskom to implement Stage 2 load-shedding
Eskom is implementing Stage 2 load-shedding from midday Thursday, until Sunday night. The utility says two generation units at the…
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Load shedding likely on Saturday, says Eskom
The likelihood that Eskom may implement load shedding on Saturday, which may continue throughout the weekend, has increased significantly following…
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Kriel community under threat
It’s a place where the very air you breathe could be deadly. A Greenpeace study shows that the town of…
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