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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: Fixing Medupi’s unit after explosion will take 2 years to repair
Eskom dismissed two of its employees for the explosion at the Medupi Power Station last year. Unit four at the…
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Eskom implements Stage 2 load shedding
Eskom will implement Stage 2 blackouts from 2pm on Saturday. The utility says this is a result of a breakdown…
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Load shedding a calamity of enormous proportions: President Ramaphosa to Parliament
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday acknowledged the government’s energy failures and also admitted that load shedding was a “calamity of…
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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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Load shedding: Eskom hopes to quickly restore broken units to avoid power cuts
Eskom is pinning its hopes on the quick restoration of broken-down units at its power plants – to avoid implementing…
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DP Mabuza concerned about Medupi & Kusile power stations
Deputy President David Mabuza says he is concerned that Eskom has not implemented Scopa recommendations. The suggestions were made back…
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Expert: No chance of stage 8 load shedding over Eskom pollution matter
Over the past 24 hours there’s been much talk about Eskom implementing stage 8 load shedding, but an energy expert…
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Eskom battles vandalism & severe weather as stage 2 load shedding continues
While stage 2 load shedding is underway, parts of South Africa were also plunged into darkness as Eskom battled severe…
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Eskom to suspend scheduled blackouts
Eskom’s blackouts will be suspended from 9 pm on Sunday. The power utility says emergency generation reserves have adequately recovered.…
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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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Private electricity firms step in to save SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to switch on the light at the end of SA’s dark electricity tunnel… but it won’t…
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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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Eskom to go back to stage 1 load shedding on Thursday
Eskom said it would go back to stage one load shedding on Thursday morning at 9 am after escalating rotational…
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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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Load shedding escalates to Stage 6 for the first time in SA history
Eskom’s spokesperson says ongoing rain, the inability to replenish water and diesel resources and units failing to come back online…
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