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Eskom says load shedding remains suspended after 142 days
Eskom has announced that load shedding will continue to remain suspended until further notice, due to further improvements in the…
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Load shedding remains suspended for SA
Eskom said residents and businesses across the country are expected to have another weekend of reprieve as load shedding remains…
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Ramokgopa: 9 generating units taken offline for repairs should return by Wednesday
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the nine generating units that were taken offline for repairs should return to service…
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Load shedding lowered to Stage 1 until Saturday afternoon
Eskom reduced load shedding to Stage 1 on Saturday morning. Stage 2 will then be implemented from 4pm on Saturday…
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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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Ramokgopa: We are engaging the open-cycle gas turbines less
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosi Ramokgopa said electricity levels remain stable as Eskom works toward reducing load shedding intensity. Ramokgopa…
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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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Eskom to implement Stage 4 load shedding on Tuesday after 3 more units break down
Power utility Eskom says stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 5 am to 4 pm on Tuesday. Stage…
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Eskom ramps up power cuts to stage 6 indefinitely
Eskom will be ramping up load shedding to stage six indefinitely, as it experiences delays in returning some generating units…
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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa wants Eskom’s power stations to improve performance
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the stages of load shedding could be reduced significantly if Eskom’s poor-performing power stations could…
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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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Eskom confirms stage 6 load shedding to continue until Wednesday evening
Stage 6 rolling blackouts are set to continue across South Africa until Wednesday evening, according to outgoing Eskom chief executive…
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Eskom implements indefinite Stage 6 power cuts
Stage 6 rolling blackouts are now being implemented indefinitely. Eskom says this is due to unit breakdowns at the Arnot,…
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Eskom moves to Stage 4 load shedding
The country’s struggling power utility announced that it is moving back to stage four load shedding as of Friday morning.…
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Generating unit breakdowns force Eskom to ramp up power cuts to stage 5
Eskom has implemented stage 5 power cuts on Thursday morning and will do so for the next 48 hours until…
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Eskom announces stage 5 load shedding from Thursday
Eskom announced Stage 5 power cuts will begin on Thursday morning at 5 am. The power cuts are expected to…
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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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SANDF: Troop deployment to Eskom power plants in full force
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Tuesday said that the deployment of the army to at least four…
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SANDF declines to respond on troop deployment at Grootvlei power station
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is still mum about the deployment of soldiers at one of Eskom’s power…
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Eskom downgrades load shedding to stage 5
Load shedding has been downgraded to stage 5 from stage 6 until 5am on Tuesday. Eskom has not provided reasons…
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Eskom signs lease agreement with 4 international power producers
Eskom has signed lease agreements with four international independent power producers (IPP) to use the land around the Majuba and…
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Eskom extends load shedding
Beleaguered power utility Eskom has extended rolling blackouts until Monday. Stage 1 power cuts will be implemented during the day…
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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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Eskom signs land lease agreements with IPPs
Eskom has signed five new deals with Independent Power Producers. This is the first batch of lease agreements to be…
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Eskom: Persistent breaks downs forcing continuation of stage 3 load shedding
Eskom said that persistently high levels of breakdowns were forcing the continuation of stage 3 power cuts. The utility said…
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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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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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Stellenbosch University rape case refuels debate around safety in tertiary institutions
Tertiary institutions must become safer spaces. That’s the call from a student leader following a recent finding of sexual misconduct…
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Eskom ramps load shedding to stage 4 as shortage in generation capacity persists
Eskom on Wednesday said persistent shortages in generation capacity at its several power plants has led to the return of…
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Eskom implements stage 2 power cuts until 10pm tonight
Another day another round of load shedding. Eskom has implemented stage 2 power cuts that are expected to last until…
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Eskom suspends load shedding from midday
Eskom will suspend power cuts from midday as generation capacity recovers. The power utility says the system has recovered and…
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Eskom reduces load shedding to Stage 3
Load shedding will be reduced to Stage 3 at 10pm and remain in force until Friday as Eskom works on…
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Help us avoid load shedding and use electricity sparingly, pleads Eskom
Eskom has requested the public to reduce the usage of electricity as the power system is severely constrained on Tuesday.…
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The real cause of load-shedding in South Africa
South Africa has experienced load-shedding since 2007 because the country failed to build new power stations to keep up with…
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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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Load-shedding to continue until Friday
Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented from 10am on Wednesday morning until 10 pm on Friday night. This follows further…
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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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Load shedding: SA spent 9% of 2020 without power
In 2020, load shedding occurred for 859 hours of the year, apparently the most yet, a report by the Council…
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Load-shedding back on Wednesday, but Eskom downgrades to Stage 1
Eskom has downgraded load-shedding from Stage 2 to Stage 1 for Wednesday. The power utility announced on Tuesday that the…
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Eskom confirms load-shedding will continue on Tuesday
South Africans face another day in the dark on Tuesday, after Eskom announced that load-shedding will be in place from…
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